Solidarity with MENA Workers Network

05/06/2026

As the threat of regional war grows and Western powers deepen their military footprint across the Middle East, Bahraini opposition activist Dr Ibrahim Al Aradi speaks to MENA Solidarity about political repression in Bahrain, resistance to US military bases and normalisation with Israel, and why he believes the peoples of the region must take their future into their own hands. Read the full interview.

As the threat of regional war grows and Western powers deepen their military footprint across the Middle East, Bahraini opposition activist Dr Ibrahim Al Aradi speaks to Middle East Solidarity abou…

31/05/2026

Sudanese workers are facing a renewed wave of political purges and mass dismissals under Ministerial Decision No. (22) of 2026, issued amid war, economic collapse, and the destruction of public services. This is not reform but an attack on jobs, trade union rights, and the very foundations of the civil service. We stand in solidarity with Sudanese workers resisting these measures and call for urgent international labour movement support. Read the full statement

Sudanese workers are facing a renewed wave of political purges and mass dismissals under Ministerial Decision No. (22) of 2026, issued amid war, economic collapse, and the destruction of public ser…

23/05/2026

📢 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 — 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧

📅 25 May 2026
📍 27 Hammersmith Grove, W6 0NE
🕛 12:00–20:00
💷 £5 suggested donation (no one turned away; children free)

MENA Solidarity is proud to be speaking at African Liberation Day 2026 and invites you to join us for this important gathering of anti-imperialist struggle and Pan-African solidarity.

Organised by the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum, the event brings together voices from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Congo, Sudan, Cameroon and beyond, sharing perspectives rooted in resistance, sovereignty, and liberation.

The theme “𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭! 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭!” reflects ongoing struggles across Africa against neo-colonialism, resource wars, and external domination.

Expect political discussion, culture, drumming, poetry, and food — a space for connection and organising.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/afrikan-liberation-day-2026-war-in-the-east-war-in-the-west-tickets-1989103615459?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/05/2026

📢 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 — 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 | 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦; 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧
📍 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐖𝟏𝐇 𝟗𝐍𝐇

At a time when governments across the world are pouring billions into weapons, militarisation and preparing for wider war, this conference could not come at a more urgent moment.

Millions are paying the price of war and occupation: genocide, mass displacement, famine, and systematic violence, including r**e used as a weapon of war. From Sudan to Palestine and beyond, entire societies are being destroyed while political and economic elites deepen militarisation and profit from conflict.

The International Anti-War Conference brings together trade unionists, anti-war campaigners, socialists and activists from across the world to organise and fight back against war, racism, austerity and militarism.

Working-class people have no interest in imperialist wars. Every pound spent on weapons is taken from healthcare, education, housing and wages. Real security comes from public services, workers’ power, international solidarity and justice — not arms races and conscription.

That is why MENA Solidarity proudly supports this conference and encourages comrades, trade unionists, students and anti-racist activists to attend.

No to war.
No to racism.
No to militarisation.
Welfare not warfare.

More info and tickets via Stop the War Coalition
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/european-peace-conference/

19/05/2026

#𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
تجمع الأجسام المطلبية
لا لقهر النساء

The Alliance of Demand-Based Campaigns
No To Women's Oppression Initiative

Solidarity Statement and Position Declaration

Campaign

19 May 2026

The Campaign is following with grave concern and strong condemnation the escalating violations against Sudanese women journalists, which are affecting their fundamental rights. Foremost among these violations is the arbitrary denial of their right to freedom of movement and travel, and the prevention of their ability to meet their families and relatives, despite their full compliance with all immigration and legal requirements related to obtaining prior visas and travel permits. The campaign is also monitoring the legal prosecutions, judicial rulings, and restrictive measures imposed on several journalists in what appears to be retaliatory actions, based on their political positions or due to their journalistic work and media coverage.

These measures constitute a clear violation of press and expression freedoms and a blatant breach of international and regional human rights instruments guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The campaign considers that the targeting of women working in journalism cannot be separated from its gendered dimension, which renders women more vulnerable to political and social punishment and systematic restriction. This includes the use of legal tools and administrative procedures to restrict their movement, isolate them from their family and social environments, and undermine their professional and personal independence.

These practices do not target women journalists as individuals alone; they constitute a direct threat to press freedom and to society’s right to access information. They also contribute to creating a hostile and unsafe environment for women in public and media spaces, pushing toward the silencing of independent and critical feminist voices.

Accordingly, the Campaign declares the following:

First: Its full and unconditional solidarity with all Sudanese women journalists who are subjected to targeting and persecution because of their opinions or professional work.
Second: Its categorical rejection of the use of legal and immigration procedures as tools of political punishment or as means to restrict press and expression freedoms.
Third: Its demand to halt all forms of prosecutions, rulings, and arbitrary measures against women journalists and media workers, and to guarantee their full right to movement, travel, and safe return without discrimination or targeting.
Fourth: Its call on regional and international human rights, feminist, and media organizations to take a clear stance regarding these violations, and to work toward providing legal and professional protection and support for Sudanese women journalists.
Fifth: Its affirmation that press freedom and women’s rights in the public sphere are interconnected issues that cannot be separated, and that any targeting of women journalists is an attack on women’s right to full and safe participation in political and social life.

The Campaign renews its commitment to defending women’s rights and freedom of expression and journalistic work. It affirms that true justice cannot be achieved while women’s voices are silenced, or while the law is used as a tool for political retaliation and the suppression of free journalism.


Freedom for Sudanese women journalists
No to targeting women for their opinions and positions

18/05/2026

Letter of Solidarity with Sudanese Medical Professionals

To:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
African Union Special Envoy for Sudan, Ambassador Mohamed Belaiche
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Subject: Solidarity with Sudanese Medical Professionals and Protection of Medical Neutrality

Dear colleagues,

We write to express our solidarity with Sudanese medical professionals working under extraordinarily difficult and dangerous conditions amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

Recent public statements by senior SAF leadership have alleged that medical professionals have been infiltrated to supply intelligence to military actors. We wish to state clearly that such claims are factually unsubstantiated and risk placing health-care workers in grave danger, constituting serious violations of international humanitarian law. These allegations undermine the principle of medical neutrality and may be used to justify attacks, intimidation, or coercion against health workers.

Medical professionals are bound by strict ethical obligations to provide care impartially and independently, without discrimination or involvement in hostilities. If any individual health worker violates professional ethics, this should be addressed through appropriate and transparent accountability mechanisms. Such isolated violations must not be used to criminalise, delegitimise, or endanger the wider medical community.

We therefore respectfully call on your organisations to publicly reaffirm the principle of medical neutrality and the independence of health-care workers in Sudan, to condemn attacks, threats, and intimidation against medical personnel, facilities, and ambulances by all parties to the conflict, and to call on all parties to refrain from pressuring health workers to cross professional or ethical boundaries. We further urge you to actively support and protect Sudanese medical professionals through advocacy, monitoring, and international accountability mechanisms.

Health-care workers must never be treated as combatants, intelligence assets, or political actors. They are protected persons under international humanitarian law, and their safety is essential to the survival of civilian populations.

The protection of medical professionals is not solely a matter of professional ethics or solidarity; it is a binding legal and international obligation on all parties to the conflict under international humanitarian law.

We urge your organisations to use your moral authority and mandates to ensure that Sudanese medical professionals can continue their life-saving work safely, independently, and with dignity.

Sudan Doctors’ Union - UK
Sudanese Australasian Medical Professionals Association
Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland
Sudan Doctors Union - Canada
نقـــابة أطبـــــاء الســـــودان- اللجنـــة التمهيديـــة

International Committee of the Red Cross
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF Sudan
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
United Nations Human Rights
Human Rights Watch UK
Solidarity with MENA Workers Network

مكتب تحالف أطباء المهجر

18/05/2026

A2C - Pour l'Autonomie de classe

𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝: 𝐌𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

In Paris, at the second edition of the Festival of Revolutionary Debates — held on 16–17 May and featuring 25 discussions bringing together revolutionaries and organisers from across the globe — a deeply significant tribute was made to our comrade Muzan Alneel.

In a powerful act of international solidarity, comrades named one of the discussion rooms after Muzan, honouring her life, her intellectual contribution, and her role in advancing revolutionary thought and struggle rooted in Sudan’s lived realities. It was a recognition of a comrade whose work consistently challenged power, elevated grassroots agency, and insisted that liberation must be built from below.

Muzan’s legacy continues to travel across borders, carried by those engaged in the global struggle against war, exploitation, and imperialism. This gesture in Paris stands as a reminder that her ideas and commitment remain alive within movements internationally.

Anne Alexander from MENA Solidarity spoke in the session “War in the Middle East and the Perspectives of Resistance”, contributing to these discussions alongside international comrades, in a space that itself carried Muzan’s name and legacy.

We honour this gesture, and we continue to carry forward Muzan’s work in the struggles she helped illuminate and advance.

18/05/2026

لجنة المعلمين السودانيين

Sudanese Teachers Committee

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Regarding Decision No. (22) of 2026 issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare

The Sudanese Teachers Committee has followed Ministerial Decision No. (22) of 2026 issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare, which calls for forming a committee to “study and audit employees in the federal government” and develop a plan to reduce the number of employees and submit recommendations on how to downsize them.

We categorically reject this decision and consider it a continuation of the policies of arbitrary dismissal and forced job displacement carried out in the public interest by the Islamic Movement following the June 1989 coup, when the civil service was destroyed and thousands of workers were removed under administrative and political pretexts, paving the way for the empowerment of regime loyalists within state institutions.

These same policies are now returning in new forms and under the cover of “administrative reform” and “workforce reduction”, but this time through the current authority formed after the October 25, 2021 coup, and amid the ongoing war since April 15, 2023, and with the participation of armed movements allied with the authority, which have become direct partners in reproducing empowerment practices and dividing state institutions and positions of influence.

The formation of a committee to reduce employees in federal government units, in the absence of any legitimate civilian authority or elected constitutional institutions, clearly reveals that the real objective is not reform, but rather opening the door to further replacement and political empowerment in favour of cadres of the Islamic Movement and its allies among the ruling forces and Darfur armed movements participating in government. It also serves as a tool to exclude opponents, silence voices calling for reform, and create a state apparatus based on political loyalty rather than competence and merit.

This decision also comes at a time when workers are living under extremely difficult conditions due to war, economic collapse, and deteriorating wages, making any targeting of jobs and livelihoods a fully fledged social and political crime.

Accordingly, the Sudanese Teachers Committee affirms the following:

1. Its complete rejection of Ministerial Decision No. (22) of 2026.

2. That the decision is politically, morally, and legally void, as it was issued under an authority lacking legitimacy and constitutional basis.

3. Rejection of any attempt to reproduce “public interest dismissal” policies under any name or justification.

4. Rejection of the use of state institutions as tools for political exclusion, settling scores, and silencing voices demanding reform.

5. Commitment to the right of workers to job security, and rejection of the use of war and economic crisis as cover for dismantling the civil service.

6. A call for unity among workers, trade unions, and all grassroots and demand-based bodies to confront attempts at displacement and renewed empowerment.

The civil service belongs to the Sudanese people; it is not a spoils of war to be divided among forces of conflict and power.

Media Office
16 May 2026

14/05/2026

On 25 May, African Liberation Day returns to London — not as ceremony, but as a political reminder that African liberation remains an unfinished struggle.

Organised by the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum alongside comrades across movements, this year’s gathering brings together voices from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Congo, Sudan, Cameroon and beyond. These are voices speaking directly from the frontlines of struggle — not filtered through headlines or mediated narratives, but grounded in lived experience of resistance, sovereignty, and survival.

The theme — “𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭! 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭!” — captures a world in which Africa remains a central terrain of contestation: over land, minerals, labour, and political autonomy. From the Sahel’s break with French imperial influence, to ongoing wars over resources and territory in Congo and Sudan, the question of liberation is not historical. It is immediate, unfolding, and unresolved.

MENA Solidarity is proud to be speaking at this year’s African Liberation Day, standing in solidarity with movements confronting imperialism and building links across struggles that are too often treated in isolation or fragmentation.

The day will move through political education, discussion, culture, drumming, poetry, and shared food — not as spectacle, but as collective expression of ongoing resistance and living struggle.

- 𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐲 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎–𝟐𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝟐𝟕
- 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐖𝟔 𝟎𝐍𝐄
- £𝟓 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞)

History is too often written from above — until those who resist force open the space to tell it themselves.

On 25 May, those voices are centred. Come through, bring your people, and help build the solidarity our movements need.

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 — 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

12/05/2026

MENA Solidarity had a busy and politically inspiring weekend participating in the anti-imperialist conference in Copenhagen organised by Enhedslisten (The Red/Green Alliance), part of the European United Left and Nordic Green Left.

The conference brought together activists, trade unionists, anti-war campaigners and revolutionaries from across Europe and beyond to discuss the challenges facing resistance movements internationally and how we strengthen solidarity across borders in the face of war, repression and rising authoritarianism.

MENA Solidarity participated in the panel discussion “Resistance Movements Today”, alongside comrades from Ukraine and Russia. The discussion explored organising under conditions of war and repression, the experiences of revolutionary and anti-war movements, and the urgent need for genuine international solidarity rooted in anti-imperialism and working-class struggle.

The panel featured:
• Khalid Sidahmed (MENA Solidarity Network)
• Mira (Solidarity Collectives, Ukraine)
• Feminist Antiwar Resistance representative Lölja Nordic (Russia)

MENA Solidarity also facilitated a workshop on Sudan, which generated strong discussion and interest from participants. The workshop examined the ongoing war in Sudan between the country’s two main militias — the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — alongside the role of regional and international powers and the wider counter-revolutionary attempts to crush the Sudanese Revolution. It also highlighted the continued resistance being organised by workers, neighbourhood resistance committees, women, and youth on the ground. Participants discussed the importance of building active international solidarity with the Sudanese revolutionary movement.

The workshop on Iran focused on resistance against state repression, the role of women and workers in challenging the regime, and the importance of sustaining international solidarity with political prisoners, trade unionists and grassroots movements fighting for freedom and social justice.

The workshop on Russia highlighted the difficult conditions faced by anti-war activists under increasing authoritarian repression. Discussions centred on underground organising, feminist resistance, anti-militarism, and the challenges of building opposition to war while facing censorship, arrests and state intimidation.

Across the conference, there was a clear understanding that our struggles are interconnected. From Sudan to Palestine, from Iran to Ukraine and Russia, resistance continues despite repression, war and imperialist intervention. International solidarity is not a slogan — it is a necessity.

We thank the comrades at Enhedslisten for organising an important and timely conference and for creating space for serious political discussion and international coordination between movements resisting oppression and imperialism worldwide.

Full conference report to follow once published by Enhedslisten.