by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Most of the 28 countries in Africa where FGM is endemic have banned FGM, although enforcement is generally weak By Menna A. Farouk Thomson Reuters Foundation (26.04.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/2R3Bl1K – Egypt has toughened penalties for female...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 20, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Nabil Habashi Khadim, 62, was an esteemed merchant and philanthropist. He was kidnapped on 8 November last and killed with a Kalashnikov shot to the head. His murder was posted online by the jihadist movement who accused him of having contributed to the construction...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 26, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (26.03.2021) – Just after Jo Biden became the new president of the United States, the Egyptian Embassy in Washington published a document entitled “Strengthening national unity: Religious freedom and diversity in Egypt”. A $65,000 monthly contract had been...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 3, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Sectarian violence broke out in the village of Barsha in Minya governorate, Upper Egypt, on 25 November, when hundreds of local Muslim villagers attacked the homes and properties of local Christians. CSW (27.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/2Jth3ew – The...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 24, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls for the release of an Azhar teacher accused of spreading “Quranism” and the end to the prosecution of people with different religious affiliations. EIPR (17.11.2020) –...
