Basma Mostafa
@basmamostafa.bsky.social
Journalist in exile, voice from the margins | Fighting censorship with stories. https://basmamostafa.carrd.co/
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Think carefully before approaching me — what you see as a tool of intimidation, in reality, becomes another file that strengthens my case against the members of this network and its infrastructure enabling transnational repression against Egyptians in exile.
Think carefully before approaching me — what you see as a tool of intimidation, in reality, becomes another file that strengthens my case against the members of this network and its infrastructure enabling transnational repression against Egyptians in exile.
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
6️⃣
Think carefully before approaching me — what you see as a tool of intimidation, in reality, becomes another file that strengthens my case against the members of this network and its infrastructure enabling transnational repression against Egyptians in exile.
Think carefully before approaching me — what you see as a tool of intimidation, in reality, becomes another file that strengthens my case against the members of this network and its infrastructure enabling transnational repression against Egyptians in exile.
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I deal with this strictly through legal channels: every threat or act of harassment becomes new evidence added to ongoing complaints before the relevant authorities.
And if these methods were ever going to work on me, they would have worked three years ago.
I deal with this strictly through legal channels: every threat or act of harassment becomes new evidence added to ongoing complaints before the relevant authorities.
And if these methods were ever going to work on me, they would have worked three years ago.
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
5️⃣
I deal with this strictly through legal channels: every threat or act of harassment becomes new evidence added to ongoing complaints before the relevant authorities.
And if these methods were ever going to work on me, they would have worked three years ago.
I deal with this strictly through legal channels: every threat or act of harassment becomes new evidence added to ongoing complaints before the relevant authorities.
And if these methods were ever going to work on me, they would have worked three years ago.
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I have been facing this systematic campaign of transnational repression — carried out against me by the Egyptian government and its agents acting on its behalf, through its various methods which I have all experienced — since 2022.
I have been facing this systematic campaign of transnational repression — carried out against me by the Egyptian government and its agents acting on its behalf, through its various methods which I have all experienced — since 2022.
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I have been facing this systematic campaign of transnational repression — carried out against me by the Egyptian government and its agents acting on its behalf, through its various methods which I have all experienced — since 2022.
I have been facing this systematic campaign of transnational repression — carried out against me by the Egyptian government and its agents acting on its behalf, through its various methods which I have all experienced — since 2022.
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This happened just one day after the UN Secretary-General released his report on reprisals against human rights defenders, which explicitly included my case and the targeting I faced in Beirut, Nairobi, Germany, and Geneva.
This happened just one day after the UN Secretary-General released his report on reprisals against human rights defenders, which explicitly included my case and the targeting I faced in Beirut, Nairobi, Germany, and Geneva.
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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This happened just one day after the UN Secretary-General released his report on reprisals against human rights defenders, which explicitly included my case and the targeting I faced in Beirut, Nairobi, Germany, and Geneva.
This happened just one day after the UN Secretary-General released his report on reprisals against human rights defenders, which explicitly included my case and the targeting I faced in Beirut, Nairobi, Germany, and Geneva.
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The senders also managed, once again, to obtain my personal information and phone details.
These messages were later deleted, but I kept full copies and immediately handed them over to my legal teams in different countries.
The senders also managed, once again, to obtain my personal information and phone details.
These messages were later deleted, but I kept full copies and immediately handed them over to my legal teams in different countries.
September 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2️⃣
The senders also managed, once again, to obtain my personal information and phone details.
These messages were later deleted, but I kept full copies and immediately handed them over to my legal teams in different countries.
The senders also managed, once again, to obtain my personal information and phone details.
These messages were later deleted, but I kept full copies and immediately handed them over to my legal teams in different countries.
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Find a recording of the gathering and full conversation with El-Behairy’s father, novelist @ahmednaji.bsky.social, PEN International’s @minathabet.bsky.social, and journalist @basmamostafa.bsky.social in our latest blog. Read and share with #FreeGalal
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Poetry in Chains: Writers Gather in Solidarity With Detained Poet Galal El-Behairy - PEN America
If you have something different inside of you, don’t lose it, don’t suppress it. Feed it by reading poetry, by participating in such campaigns and solidarity.
pen.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Find a recording of the gathering and full conversation with El-Behairy’s father, novelist @ahmednaji.bsky.social, PEN International’s @minathabet.bsky.social, and journalist @basmamostafa.bsky.social in our latest blog. Read and share with #FreeGalal
pen.org/poetry-in-ch...
pen.org/poetry-in-ch...
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To honor El-Behairy’s birthday, @ahmednaji.bsky.social joins us with @minathabet.bsky.social & @basmamostafa.bsky.social to discuss creativity, dissent, and repression in Egypt. El-Behairy’s father will join us as a guest of honor.
RSVP for Friday 6/27 at 11 AM ET: pen.org/event/poetry...
RSVP for Friday 6/27 at 11 AM ET: pen.org/event/poetry...
Poetry in Chains: A Conversation with Egyptian Poets and Writers In Honor of Galal El-Behairy’s 35th Birthday - PEN America
Join us to mark the 35th birthday of PEN America’s 2025 Freedom to Write honoree Galal El-Behairy, currently detained in Egypt for his words.
pen.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
To honor El-Behairy’s birthday, @ahmednaji.bsky.social joins us with @minathabet.bsky.social & @basmamostafa.bsky.social to discuss creativity, dissent, and repression in Egypt. El-Behairy’s father will join us as a guest of honor.
RSVP for Friday 6/27 at 11 AM ET: pen.org/event/poetry...
RSVP for Friday 6/27 at 11 AM ET: pen.org/event/poetry...
Reposted by Basma Mostafa
🔵 26 organizations—including HuMENA, Human Rights Watch, and CPJ—call for:
▪️ An official response from Egypt to UN communication AL EGY 6/2024
▪️ Full protection & accountability from German authorities
📖 Full statement:
🔗 humena.org/statements/stop-egypt-transnational-repression-basma-mostafa
▪️ An official response from Egypt to UN communication AL EGY 6/2024
▪️ Full protection & accountability from German authorities
📖 Full statement:
🔗 humena.org/statements/stop-egypt-transnational-repression-basma-mostafa
Egypt | Rights organizations call on Egypt to end transnational repression against exiled journalist Basma Mostafa - HuMENA
26 rights organizations call on Egypt to end its cross-border campaign of harassment and surveillance targeting exiled journalist Basma Mostafa. The statement urges Egypt to respond to a UN report and...
humena.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🔵 26 organizations—including HuMENA, Human Rights Watch, and CPJ—call for:
▪️ An official response from Egypt to UN communication AL EGY 6/2024
▪️ Full protection & accountability from German authorities
📖 Full statement:
🔗 humena.org/statements/stop-egypt-transnational-repression-basma-mostafa
▪️ An official response from Egypt to UN communication AL EGY 6/2024
▪️ Full protection & accountability from German authorities
📖 Full statement:
🔗 humena.org/statements/stop-egypt-transnational-repression-basma-mostafa
Reposted by Basma Mostafa