Hillary Clinton reiterated the demand as well in a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi last September, when she was the Democratic presidential candidate. Wake McMullen, an attorney who handles human rights cases before international tribunals, said administration officials had prioritized Hijazi’s case. She received a degree in conflict resolution from George Mason University in 2009, and then returned to her native Egypt. Along with her husband, Hijazi established a foundation by the name Belady, Arabic for “our nation,” in 2013 with the aim of providing shelter for street children. Egyptian authorities have clamped down on civil society, particularly human rights groups and other organizations that receive foreign funding.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2017 11:28 UTC