Ayman Fakhry
Ayman Fakhry is a labour rights defender working in South Cairo. In November 2014, he launched a campaign on Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness about workers' rights in South Cairo. The human rights defender also actively participated in the campaign “Our Country, Our Right, South Cairo Group”, which aimed to promote labour rights within the public and private sector. Ayman Fakhry is known for expressing his solidarity with workers in Helwan by attending their protests.
A significant crackdown on civil society in Egypt has been taking place since 2014. HRDs face an extremely challenging situation due to restrictions imposed on civil society and peaceful public gatherings and protests, travel bans, the arrest and sentencing of HRDs, bloggers, journalists and protesters, as well as an ongoing smear campaign against human rights groups.
