Egypt- Center for Trade Union & Workers Services , an Egyptian civil society organization, issued Report on the Violations of Trade Unions’ Freedoms in the first half of this year, entitled In the darkness of the tunnel. The report stressed that During the first six months of 2017, the state of public freedoms in Egypt is increasingly becoming complicated and complex: there is no more room to enjoy rights and freedoms and the ruling power is escalating its attacks against any free or independent voice differing from those raised by the yes men of the regime; and this situation is taking place under extremely deteriorated political, social and economic conditions.
The report added, “he ruling power is using nothing but shrinking the public space in face of the problems and obstacles at the political and workers’ levels; instead of resorting to dialogue enabling to reach fair solutions, the power is practicing military prosecutions against civilians, preventive imprisonment that may last for months and years while this arrangement should be essentially used as a precautionary measure; actually, preventive imprisonment has turned into a punishment addressed to those black listed. Moreover, arrests happen often without judiciary orders or authorization from the general prosecution, besides the restrictions imposed on the freedom of opinion, expression, assembly and demonstration, or practicing the right of striking, all rights provided by both the Constitution and international conventions.”
The report said “However, the ruling power is pursuing obstinately its way in the absence of any vision, pushing the society as a whole towards a dark tunnel”.
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