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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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May 26, 2017
 HARI SREENIVASAN: Now to Judy’s exclusive interview with Aya Hijazi, the Egyptian-American aid worker
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May 25, 2017
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April 25, 2017
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April 25, 2017
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April 21, 2017
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April 21, 2017
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April 21, 2017
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April 20, 2017
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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
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