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Mahienour El-Massry (born 1986) is an Egyptian human rights lawyer and political activist from Alexandria.〔. (). ''Egyptian Streets''. 2014-09-23.〕 She has been organizing peaceful protests and supports activities for political prisoners, using social media to denounce human rights violations.〔Acconcia, Giuseppe . (). ''Open Democracy''. 2014-07-01.〕 Often dubbed as a voice of the revolution and a champion of women’s rights, Mahienour El-Massry had been primarily sentenced to two years in prison for violating Egypt’s controversial protest law before having her sentence reduced to six months.〔. (). ''FIDH''. 2014-09-23.〕 The young activist had participated in a protest on December 3, 2013 to call for justice and retribution for Khaled Saeed, the man who was tortured to death in late 2010 and later became one of the symbols of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. In June 2014, Mahienour was awarded the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, an international honour given annually to a lawyer for contributions to the defence of human rights. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mahienour El-Massry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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