Introduction:
The Labor and Social Movements Monitoring Center has documented 14 protests that took place during the period from 15 to 28 February 2021. These protests are divided into: 8 social protests and 6 labor protests.
The reporting period also witnessed putting forward new draft bills that increase the burden placed on citizens, such as the new “Real Estate Registration law” planned to be legislated, which prevents providing any service to any real estate except after registration in the Real Estate Registry.
First: Labor protests
| Governorate | Type of protest | Details of protest |
| 10th of Ramadan- Al-Sahrqyia | A complaint with the Labor Office | New Najeh Furniture Company’s administration arbitrarily dismisses 10 workers |
| Cairo- Madinat El Salam (Salam City) | Strike | GlaxoSmithKline announces shutdown of its factory in El-Salam City due to workers’ strike |
| Cairo- Journalists Syndicate | Resorting to the judiciary | Journalists file a lawsuit to convene the general assembly, and the administrative judiciary rules that it has no jurisdiction |
| Kafr Al-Sheikh- Bella Partial Court | Sit-in | Dozens of lawyers staged a sit-in in Kafr El-Sheikh courts to protest against the assault committed by a police low-ranking officer against the head of the Partial Bella Lawyers Syndicate |
| Menoufia- Menouf | Strike | The strike of the drivers of the Sars Al-Layyan line – Menouf protesting the increase in the traffic fees |
| Cairo- Doctors Syndicate | Resorting to the judiciary | More than 34 lawsuits filed before the Court of Administrative Justice demanding that the deceased doctors and nurses died of the Coronavirus be considered martyrs |
Labor protests per governorate (Cairo: 3 + Sharqia: 1 + Kafr El Sheikh: 1 + Menoufia: 1) = 6 labor protests.
Second: Social protests
| Governorate | Kind of protest | Details of protest |
| Gharbyia-Tanta | Collective Complaint | Shouni village’s residents demanding that the Gharbyia governor transfer the market outside the residential block |
| Beheira | Suicide | A person committed suicide because of not meeting his children’s requirements |
| Gharbyia-Tanta | Gathering | Hundreds of students gathered in front of an educational center in Tanta to protest its closure |
| Giza | Suicide | A wall painter committed suicide for affording to pay the installments for his apartment in Giza |
| Daqahlyia | Hunger Strike | Political activist and the April 6 Movement founder Mohamed Adel announced his hunger strike, after being assaulted by the head of North Mansoura Prosecution during his detention renewal session pending Case No. 4118 of 2018 |
| Menoufia- Sadat | Suicide | A person committed suicide by hanging himself inside his residence in Sadat City, after passing through financial hardship as a result of his accumulated debt |
| Cairo | Collective Complaints | Collective complaints filed by students complaining the difficulty of accessing the electronic exam platform. |
| Giza- Souq El-Bouhi | Resorting to the judiciary | Owners of market stalls filed a lawsuit before the Court of Administrative Justice demanding to halt the implementation of the negative decision to refrain from implementing the contracts of the right to usufruct. |
Social protests per governorate (Gharbyia: 2 + Giza: 2 + Beheira: 1 + Menoufia: 1 + Daqahlyia: 1 + Cairo: 1) = 8 social protests.
Third: Labor Protest Sectors:
| The protesting sector | Number of protests |
| Workers in the textile sector | 1 |
| Private sector employees | 1 |
| Workers in the press and media sector | 1 |
| Lawyers sector | 1 |
| Workers in the Transport and Communications sector | 1 |
| Health sector workers | 1 |
Fourth: Social Protest Sectors:
| The protesting sector | Number of protests |
| Residential neighborhoods sector | 5 |
| Student sector | 2 |
| Prisoners sector | 1 |
