Government to criminalise street vendors work at railway stations
Draft law will see violators face penalty of minimum one year in prison
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In Pictures: Street vendors removed from Ramsis Square
Security forces removed street vendors from Ramsis Square early Sunday, deploying armed vehicles into the area. According to an eyewitness, vendors called upon thugs when the security forces first attempted to move them to the Ahmed Helmy bus stop. “Security forces started firing at them, and in seven minutes the area was clear,” he said. …
Street vendors removed from Ramsis Square
Eyewitness cited struggle between vendors and security forces
3 street vendors detained, security cancels demonstration
Street vendors protest relocation to Al-Turgoman
Downtown street vendors ‘out of service’
Street vendors not satisfied with relocation that cuts their daily income
Report to be handed to Al-Sisi about Al-Torgoman area: Syndicate leader
New head of street vendors syndicate ready to cooperate with the government to reach a compromise about the situation of street vendors
State to relocate vendors from downtown Cairo
Cairo governorate aiming to relocate street vendors within next four months
New plans to formalise street trading: Minister of Supply
Ministries of Supply and Interior collaborate on a plan to create a formal market
Clashes in Zagazig
City witnesses clashes after Morsi supporters protest “coup”
Spring in Cairo
You know it is spring because the street vendors are back
Street vendors beat and detain protesters
As security forces guard the High Court, street vendors clash with protesters
First spark of ‘hunger revolution’
Street vendors hold protests at five different governorates calling for better conditions
Morsy cracks down on street vendors
The president passes laws with new penalties for vendors
Policing Egypt’s street vendors
Street vendors pose many challenges to the government, would policing them solve the problem?
Selling on Cairo streets
With many people struggling to survive from one day to the next, the amount of vendors eking out an existence by trying to sell four pairs of shipship and seven white cotton T-shirts is increasing.
Egypt street traders cash in on revolutionary spirit
By Shaimaa Fayed / Reuters CAIRO: A year after it claimed center stage in the Arab Spring, Cairo’s Tahrir Square has become a giant open-air market where capitalism is meeting the revolution. Failed attempts by Egypt’s security officials to evict protesters still camped out at Tahrir have emboldened growing numbers of street vendors who converge on …