Join us in condemning the killing of prominent woman human rights defender (WHRD) Shaimaa El Shabbagh. Shaimaa was shot to death in downtown Cairo while participating in a peaceful protest. Video footage and photographs of her last moments, taken by journalists and activists, have sparked widespread outrage in Egypt and beyond.

Shaimaa was taking part in a peaceful march to Tahrir square on 24 January along with between 20 to 40 members of the Popular Socialist Alliance Party.  They were marching peacefully holding flowers and chanting “bread – freedom – social justice” to pay tribute to the hundreds who died during the 2011 upraising.