Mohamed Lotfy (human rights defender)
Mohamed Lotfy | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohamed Lotfy 29 July 1981 Cairo, Egypt |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Zidane |
| Education | Université de Genève |
| Awards | Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and Rule of Law in 2018 |
Mohamed Lotfy, a human rights defender, is the co-founder and executive director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF),[1][2][3] an organisation that works in several governorates of Egypt in the defence of human rights in the country.[4] Before moving back to Cairo and co-founding ECRF in 2013 he was a human rights researcher at Amnesty International in London .[1][5]
On 2 June 2015, a travel ban was imposed on Mohamed Lotfy by Egyptian state security.[6][7][8][9] The human rights defender was stopped on that day by state security at Cairo International Airport as he attempted to travel to Berlin to speak on the situation of human rights in Egypt at a round table convened by the Green Party.[6] The round table was organised to coincide with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's visit to Germany. The European Parliament, through the head of the Human Rights Committee, called on the Egyptian Authorities to lift the restrictions.[7]
On 20 October 2016, Egyptian authorities raided the office of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) in Giza, Egypt.[10][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Egypt's courageous few fighting for human rights". Amnesty International. January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Washington Post: Woman who criticized Egypt's handling of sexual harassment jailed for spreading 'false news'". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Egyptian court sentences activist to jail for 'false news' over sexual harassment video". Reuters. September 29, 2018 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ Censorship, Index on (March 26, 2018). "#IndexAwards2018: ECRF advocates for a democratic Egypt".
- ^ "Egypt Daily News".
- ^ a b c "Case History: Mohamed Lotfy". Front Line Defenders. October 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "DROI Elena Valenciano on the case of Mohamed Lotfy (Egypt) | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. May 6, 2015.
- ^ Salloum, Raniah (June 2, 2015). "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Berlin: Der unangenehme Gast". Der Spiegel – via www.spiegel.de.
- ^ "Egypt rights activist says banned from traveling to Germany". Reuters. June 2, 2015 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Egyptian rights group linked to Regeni case reports raid on its offices". the Guardian. October 20, 2016.