Kamal Abbas, leader of Egypt’s striking CTUWS trade union federation, issued a statement pledging solidarity with the struggles in Libya, Bahrain, Algeria and Wisconsin.
Suez Canal Authority workers went on strike, part of a spreading wave of labor unrest that kept most of Egypt’s economy shut down this week—despite warnings from the military regime.
Hundreds are believed dead in Libya, where security forces fired on protesters in Benghazi and other eastern cities. In Bahrain, protesters defied deadly repression to re-take Pearl Square.
A US military tribunal sentenced Sudanese Guantánamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed to 14 years in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted to aiding al-Qaeda.
Fatah leader Tawfik Tirawi called for a “day of rage” against the United States next Friday after the Obama administration blocked a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements on the West Bank.
Mexican Federal Police allegedly shot radio journalist Gilardo Mota Figueroa when they opened fire on a protest against President Felipe Calderón’s visit to Oaxaca City.
Armed men set fire to the house of Malu GarcĂa Andrade, while she was attending a protest encampment in support of other human rights activists under siege in violence-torn Ciudad Juárez.
Tens of thousands of flag-waving Egyptians filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square to celebrate the fall of Mubarak and pressure the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to deliver on pledges of reform.
Three protesters were killed in the cities of Arbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. Protests in several cities across Iraq also left more than 100 people wounded.
Street clashes between protesters and security forces left several dead in Bahrain, Yemen and Libya, with violence also reported in Kuwait and Jordan.
Israel’s Knesset approved introduction of a bill banning boycotts against the state, following a heated debate during which Arab and left-wing MKs walked out.
A report from Israeli rights organization Yesh Din shows 91% of Palestinian complaints about settler violence on the West Bank end without indictments.
