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Thousands of workers at the Leonie Wiring Systems company in Egypt have gone on strike to protest low wages. In response, the company’s management has shut down ten factories indefinitely.
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Egyptian opposition figures and political forces based abroad have called in a letter for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to step down and hold early presidential elections, Arabi 21 website reported.
HRW criticises Egypt’s economic policies, army interference
The new US$3 billion loan agreement between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has left the economic rights of millions of Egyptians unprotected, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Democracy in the Arab World (DAWN) said in a joint report on Tuesday.
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