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Aya Hijazi

Aya Hijazi
Alumna, Founder of Belady
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B.A., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 2009

Biography

Aya Hijazi is an Egyptian-American activist who founded the organisation Belady with the objective of helping out street children. The organisation, launched in September 2013, held campaigns on sanitation and combated sexual harassment and rehabilitation for street children. Visit her Facebook page for more information and pictures of the children’s activities.

She was arrested in Cairo in May 2014 and charged with organising a group with the purposes of human trafficking, holding children for sexual exploitation and using them to disturb the peace in protests against security forces. Despite vehemently denying the charges, she was arrested with her husband (who was running the association with her) and two other colleagues.

 

This information is from the European-Mediterranian Human Rights Network.

Onlinep Petitions for her case:

https://www.change.org/p/free-american-imprisoned-for-helping-homeless-children

https://www.change.org/p/eu-foreign-affairs-ministers-free-human-rights-activists-in-egypt



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December 05, 2016
Aya Hijazi is mentioned in this interview with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. The comment starts at about the
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October 18, 2016
Several activists and rights groups launched social media campaigns calling for the release of detained Egyptian-
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October 17, 2016
For two years after she was arrested, Aya Hijazi refused to give up hope that Egypt’s courts would let her, an
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October 17, 2016
For some reason, I always had a feeling that I would end up in prison.Somewhere at the edge of my awareness, I thought
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October 17, 2016
In 2013, Aya Hijazi and her husband started a nonprofit to help children in Egypt. 8-months later they found themselves
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September 27, 2016
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I want to speak about a matter in Egypt, a long-time ally of the United States, a country
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September 20, 2016
During their meeting on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, US Presidential
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September 18, 2016
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry urged the United States to respect the rule of law after calls for Aya Hegazy’s
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September 17, 2016
American citizen Aya Hijazi has been held without trial in Egypt for over two years. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., has taken
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