(New York, 9 March 2015) International Women’s Day was marked today by two United Nations events in New York and Geneva highlighting the ongoing threats, risks and attacks against women human rights defenders, despite the existing State obligations to ensure their...
Congratulations to author and human rights activist Razan al-Maghrabi, receipient of the 2015 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression. According to PEN International Executive Director Carles Torner, ‘This award is not only our way of honouring courageous...
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the January 25th Revolution, woman human rights defender (WHRD) Ms. Shaimaa Sabry Ahmed El Sabbagh, was killed in downtown Cairo while she was participating in a peaceful protest to commemorate the martyrs of the January 25th...
In Egypt, many of the organizations that address women’s issues, particularly preventing violence against women, were created in 2011 following the Egyptian revolution. Few groups have been working on these issues as long as the New Woman Foundation (NWF). Founded in...
مع اقتراب جلسة المحاكمة الخاصة بالسبعة مدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان المصريات يوم 11 أكتوبر 2014، واللاتي يتم احتجازهن منذ 21 يونيو 2014 على خلفية اتهامات تشمل انتهاك قانون التظاهر المصري المغلظ، أصدرت أكثر من 220 منظمة عالمية ممثلة عن 70 دولة بيان يطالب بالإفراج الفوري...
