Introduction:
Seven protests took place in the first half of August 2021, of which five protests are social and two are labor.
The details of the labor and professional protests can be summarized as follows:
Labor protests:
Kind of protests | Number of protests | The protesting sector | The geographical region | Details of the protest |
Collective Complaint | 1 | Water and sanitation workers sector | Sohag | A collective complaint filed by employees of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation in Sohag to protest the non-implementation of the 2021 bonus decision |
Strike | 1 | Private sector workers | Al-Sharqyia | A number of greenhouse workers on the “Abu Hammad – 10th of Ramadan” Road went on strike to protest against the deduction of their salaries. |
Details of social protests:
Kind of protests | Number of protests | The protesting sector | The geographical region | Details of the protest |
Suicide | 1 | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector | Fayoum | A carpenter committed suicide due to the accumulation of his debts |
Suicide | 1 | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector | Giza – Warraq | A worker committed suicide after passing through a financial distress |
Gathering | 1 | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector | Menoufia – Ashmoun | A number of residents gathered on the village’s main road leading to “Ashmoun” Center, in protest against the presence of some desperados in the village |
Collective complaint | 1 | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector | Cairo – Nasr City | A number of Nasr City residents complained about the return of the used car market to the “Al- Hay Al-Aasher” District. |
Protesting | 1 | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector | Qalyubia – Shebin El-Qanater | Hundreds of residents of “Noi” village affiliated to Shebin al-Qanater center, demonstrated against the killing of two brothers at the hands of a police officer |
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