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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