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...
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...
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...