Karim: freed!
>>> On 3 Dec Karim was freed! <<<
Karim, Gasser and Mohammed are back at their homes. Their case isn't closed, and their assets have been frozen, but this is brilliant, amazing news. Thank you so much for your help with the campaign. We are all ecstatic! We'll keep up with the latest news on our updates page.
On 18 November, Karim Ennarah was arrested, blindfolded, and taken to Tora Prison just outside Cairo.
Karim has spent his whole working life fighting for human rights. He is the Director of the Criminal Justice Unit at the EIPR, one of Egypt's last remaining human rights organisations.
Karim is outrageously funny, smart, gregarious, and passionate about every single thing he does, whether it's defending prisoners' rights during the coronavirus crisis or finding the best pistachio ice cream. We all miss him like crazy. Please help us free Karim.
140,000+ have already signed
@freekarimnow #freekarimennarah #freeEIPRstaff
What can I do?
UK citizen
Send our email to your MP
Email your local MP, asking them to come out publicly in support of Karim, and to press Boris Johnson to put pressure on Egypt's President Al-Sisi.
We know this actually works - some MPs have already taken action after receiving it.
You can find our template email, as well as the contact details for your MP here.
Send a message to the Egyptian Ambassador in the UK
You can find our template letter, as well as the contact details for your country here.
USA citizen
Send our email to your representatives
Call or email your Representatives and Senators, asking them to come out publicly in support of Karim, and to press the US government and Secretary of State to put pressure on Egypt's President Al-Sisi.
You can find our template email, as well as the contact details for your Representatives here.
Send a message to the Egyptian Ambassador in the US
You can find our template letter, as well as the contact details for your country here.
French citizen
Diffusez ces articles en avance de la visite officielle du président Egyptien
Sissi vient en visite officiel en France les 7 et 8 Septembre. En avance de cette visite:
Notre tribune dans le Monde appelle Macron à demander la libération des employés du EIPR. Elle a receuilli plus de 500 signatures, parmi lesquelles de nombreux députés, journalistes et universitaires.
La FIDH a publié un communiqué signé par dix-sept ONGs, appelant à ce que Macron mette fin au soutien inconditionnel de la France à L'Egypte.
La France Insoumise a publié un communiqué réprouvant la visite (le tweet est ici)
Social media influencer
Use your platform to promote the campaign
We need to keep Karim's case in the public spotlight. Please use your platform to encourage people to sign the petition: www.change.org/freekarim
When you post, please use:
#freekarimennarah
#freeEIPRstaff
Journalist
Talk to us
Please get in touch with us directly; we can tell you what has happened, what we're working on, and the latest with Karim and his colleagues.
Write to us at freekarimnow@gmail.com
Canadian citizen
Write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Enter your details here to have a letter sent directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Write to your MP
Find a template to send to your MP here.
Sign our statement to the government
Add your name to this statement by entering your details here.
Send a message to the Egyptian Ambassador in Canada
You can find our template letter, as well as the contact details for your country here.
Pour le faire en français, vous trouverez notre lettre ici, ou vous pouvez utiliser celle d'Amnistie Internationale Canada Francophone.
Latest update
10 December 2020
Human Rights Day
Today, Human Rights Day is being observed around the world. It marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, a document proclaiming the inalienable rights to which everyone is entitled as a human being. These rights are essential regardless of race, religion, sex, language, political opinion, natonality or status.
On this day, we think sadly of Patrick Zaki still in detention and the ongoing investigation into EIPR staff.
Jess and Karim only got married in September. Now she's back in the UK and she doesn't know when she will see him again.
Karim is an extremely competitive attacking midfielder. He played for SOAS when he was doing his MA in Law, Culture and Society in 2017; many London footballers are still nursing Karim-shaped bruises.
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