{"id":2403,"date":"2021-01-29T10:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpegy.org\/%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%86\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:55:19","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rpegy.org\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Refugees Platform in Egypt is an independent organization working to defend human
rights, focusing its efforts on supporting and advocating for the rights of people on
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople on the move: All persons who move from one place to another for relatively long periods of time and\nrequire a basic standard of protection. Among “people on the move” you may find\nrefugees, asylum seekers, internally and externally displaced persons, migrants,\nundocumented migrants, climate refugees, diaspora persons, irregular migrants, and more. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Refugees Platform in Egypt began its activities in late 2019 by providing support and
assistance in human rights violation cases, with a particular focus on issues affecting
people on the move in Egypt. Later, its work expanded and developed to include multiple
regions, including North and East Africa, Mediterranean countries, North and East Asia,
Europe, and other regions.\u00a0<\/p>


Starting our work during the COVID-19 pandemic in a complex and dangerous context, amid
a wave of restrictions and targeting of human rights defenders by Egyptian authorities,
contributed to innovating alternative means and methods of communication and service
delivery to reduce face-to-face meetings\u2014both among team members and between them and
beneficiaries.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We believe in the importance of continuously developing policies, tools, and
interpretations specific to our issues to suit the evolution of our contexts. As a
group, we also believe in the principle of universal human rights and the connection of
the human rights defense movement anywhere to the regional and global context, which
calls for our attention and support for people regionally and globally. We recognize the
importance of connecting defenders and their issues across these different contexts and
enhancing ways of cooperation and exchange of experiences and support among us.\u00a0<\/p>

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The platform was co-founded by a group of human rights defenders\u2014young lawyers,
researchers, technicians, content writers, and other volunteers, both Egyptian and
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Our Vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A world where everyone enjoys fundamental human rights and freedoms without
discrimination on any basis, and where every person is able to move freely and safely,
in societies that contribute to supporting and advocating for the rights of vulnerable
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Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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