Nine human rights organizations along with 99 public figures released a joint press statement condemning the killing of 18-year-old Egyptian student Mariam Moustafa, who was killed in what some describe as a hate crime in Nottingham city in the UK. The statement said that what happened should not be left without punishment handed to the perpetrators. The NGOs that released the statement included the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law, Egyptian Women’s Issues Foundation and the Legal Institution for Family Assistance and Human Rights. Among the public figures who signed the statement are President of the Egypt Peace Foundation for Development and Human Rights Ahmed Fawuky, Director of the Center of the Arab House for Research and Studies Magdy Abdel Fattah, and journalist Khaled Al Balashi. Earlier this week, Parliamentarian Alaa Abed, head of the Human Rights Committee in Egypt’s parliament, announced that the committee will be sending an envoy headed by himself to follow up on developments in the investigations in Mostafa’s case.

Source: Egypt Independent March 19, 2018 12:56 UTC