Mina Thabet
@minathabet.bsky.social
HRD and writer. Expert on minorities issues and freedom of expression in the MENA region
OPT/Israel: Gaza ceasefire must be followed by steps to ensure accountability and the right to self-determination for Palestinians — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide share.google/zWwQc9RdkA2z...
OPT/Israel: Gaza ceasefire must be followed by steps to ensure accountability and the right to self-determination for Palestinians — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Exp...
“ We are thrilled to see the war stop in Gaza and continue to call for a permanent end to the genocide, occupation, and apartheid. For over two years, millions of Palestinians lived through the horror...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
OPT/Israel: Gaza ceasefire must be followed by steps to ensure accountability and the right to self-determination for Palestinians — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide share.google/zWwQc9RdkA2z...
PEN welcomes long-overdue release of British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah after almost 6 years in arbitrary imprisonment. Egyptian authorities should also lift any restrictions that may hinder his travel to the UK to reunite with his son.
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-a...
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Egypt: PEN International welcomes Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s release and urges Egyptian authorities to release imprisoned writers — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression...
“We are thrilled to see Alaa reunited with his family and friends and look forward to seeing him together with his son in the UK. He is a remarkable writer and activist who should never have been impr...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
PEN welcomes long-overdue release of British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah after almost 6 years in arbitrary imprisonment. Egyptian authorities should also lift any restrictions that may hinder his travel to the UK to reunite with his son.
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-a...
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-a...
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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.
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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...
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It was powerful to join tonight's vigil in solidarity with Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother Dr Laila Soueif. There is no time left. Keir Starmer needs to take urgent action now to #FreeAlaa
June 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It was powerful to join tonight's vigil in solidarity with Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother Dr Laila Soueif. There is no time left. Keir Starmer needs to take urgent action now to #FreeAlaa
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So many of our fellow writers in Gaza have been killed under Israeli bombardment - genocide denies the right to free expression. We join calls for an immediate and comprehensive UK arms embargo on Israel and an end to the genocide.
There is a genocide taking place in Gaza. The UK government must end its complicity by immediately enacting an arms embargo.
Read our statement:
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Read our statement:
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
English PEN calls on UK to end complicity in genocide in Gaza by immediately enacting an arms embargo - News & Events - English PEN
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June 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
So many of our fellow writers in Gaza have been killed under Israeli bombardment - genocide denies the right to free expression. We join calls for an immediate and comprehensive UK arms embargo on Israel and an end to the genocide.
PEN International concurs with the UN, legal experts, sister human rights organisations, and genocide scholars that genocide is being perpetrated against Palestinians in Gaza through various means, including widespread indiscriminate killings, and the weaponisation of aid such as food and medicine.
#OPT/Israel: We call for an immediate arms embargo on all parties—especially on weapons used by Israel to target Palestinian civilians, and an end to the genocide in Gaza.
Our statement. @penmena.bsky.social
#CeasefireNow #ArmsembargoNow #EndtheGenocideNow
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Our statement. @penmena.bsky.social
#CeasefireNow #ArmsembargoNow #EndtheGenocideNow
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OPT/Israel: There is no safe place in Gaza. Impose an arms embargo and end the genocide now — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“Genocide is the ultimate form of silencing. The ideal of one humanity living in peace and equality is at the core of PEN International’s mission. World leaders must respond to the gravity of the ongo...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
PEN International concurs with the UN, legal experts, sister human rights organisations, and genocide scholars that genocide is being perpetrated against Palestinians in Gaza through various means, including widespread indiscriminate killings, and the weaponisation of aid such as food and medicine.
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Thank you to all the incredible readers & everyone who came to the powerful solidarity readings for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. We were glad to hear that Prime Minister Starmer yesterday had a call with President Sisi to call for Alaa's release. This is critical, for Alaa's family and for us all. #FreeAlaa
May 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Thank you to all the incredible readers & everyone who came to the powerful solidarity readings for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. We were glad to hear that Prime Minister Starmer yesterday had a call with President Sisi to call for Alaa's release. This is critical, for Alaa's family and for us all. #FreeAlaa
Once again, we stand with #LailaSouief and demand Alaa's freedom. He fully served unjust 5 ys sentences, and his ongoing detention is undoubtedly arbitrary. Laila's heath is at grave risk, while Alaa is also on day 82 of full hunger strike.
#FreeAlaa Now!
#FreeAlaa Now!
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Once again, we stand with #LailaSouief and demand Alaa's freedom. He fully served unjust 5 ys sentences, and his ongoing detention is undoubtedly arbitrary. Laila's heath is at grave risk, while Alaa is also on day 82 of full hunger strike.
#FreeAlaa Now!
#FreeAlaa Now!
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Standing with Laila today to call for freedom for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. If you're available please join us tomorrow for a solidarity reading from 6pm opposite Downing St: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai... #FreeAlaa
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Standing with Laila today to call for freedom for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. If you're available please join us tomorrow for a solidarity reading from 6pm opposite Downing St: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai... #FreeAlaa
Israeli forces denied Christians in #Jerusalem access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Sat prayers. While billions of #Chrisitians worldwide celebrate the holiest days in the year, the resurrection of our lord and saviour, Palestinian Christians are banned from going to their churchs
April 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Israeli forces denied Christians in #Jerusalem access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Sat prayers. While billions of #Chrisitians worldwide celebrate the holiest days in the year, the resurrection of our lord and saviour, Palestinian Christians are banned from going to their churchs
The #UK has the responsibility to investigate and punish perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by its citizens in #Gaza.
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Met Police assessing claims Britons committed war crimes in Gaza
Officers are deciding whether to investigate, a Counter Terrorism Policing spokesperson said.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The #UK has the responsibility to investigate and punish perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by its citizens in #Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Palestinian poet and writer Zena Agha reads words of Palestinan journalist #HossamShabat who was assassinated in March by #Israel, during an event featuring The Message (best seller) by American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates in #London.
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#Palestinian poet and writer Zena Agha reads words of Palestinan journalist #HossamShabat who was assassinated in March by #Israel, during an event featuring The Message (best seller) by American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates in #London.
#Breaking: British-Egyptian academic, #HRD #LailaSouief, mother of #Alaa_Abdel_Fattah, hospitalised over the night on day 149 of her hunger strike. #freealaa now!
February 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#Breaking: British-Egyptian academic, #HRD #LailaSouief, mother of #Alaa_Abdel_Fattah, hospitalised over the night on day 149 of her hunger strike. #freealaa now!
We all must protect #Palestinians from such genocidal mania. Heated and racism must stop! Colonialism must end! youtube.com/shorts/qnsQ8...
Anti-Arab racist shoots... ISRAELIS
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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February 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We all must protect #Palestinians from such genocidal mania. Heated and racism must stop! Colonialism must end! youtube.com/shorts/qnsQ8...
Knesset advances bill imposing up to five years in jail for Israelis cooperating with ICC
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February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The arrest and detention of Palestinian author #MahmoudMuna and his nephew Ahmad is another sign of #Israel's relentless crackdown on #Palestinian voices and its ever-increasing censorship. They should be released immediately and unconditionally.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
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February 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The arrest and detention of Palestinian author #MahmoudMuna and his nephew Ahmad is another sign of #Israel's relentless crackdown on #Palestinian voices and its ever-increasing censorship. They should be released immediately and unconditionally.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
The sanctions include freezing any U.S. assets of those designated and barring them and their families from visiting the United States.
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Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said.
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February 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The sanctions include freezing any U.S. assets of those designated and barring them and their families from visiting the United States.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
In his illegal, inhumane, white-supremacist, colonial plan for post-war Gaza, Trump referred to the current population of #Gaza as 1.8 M. The world knows pre-war Gaza population is ~ 2.1 and 2.2 million people.
Did #Trump just tell the world that Israel has killed ~ 300-400 thousand Palestinians?!
Did #Trump just tell the world that Israel has killed ~ 300-400 thousand Palestinians?!
February 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Today, we stood with Prof. Laila Soueif urging Keir Starmer to act on Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s release. Laila is on day 129 of hunger strike, and we are deeply concerned for her health. PEN International demands Alaa’s unconditional release.
#FreeAlaa @englishpen.bsky.social
#FreeAlaa @englishpen.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today, we stood with Prof. Laila Soueif urging Keir Starmer to act on Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s release. Laila is on day 129 of hunger strike, and we are deeply concerned for her health. PEN International demands Alaa’s unconditional release.
#FreeAlaa @englishpen.bsky.social
#FreeAlaa @englishpen.bsky.social
The human rights crisis in #Egypt has significantly worsened since the 2019 UPR. We raised concerns over the escalating crackdown on FoE, incl press freedom, access to information, and the right to protest.
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-j...
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-j...
Egypt: Joint submission to the UPR on the crackdown on dissent and violations of freedom of expression — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
27 January 2024: PEN International, English PEN, and PEN America have contributed a joint submission on Egypt as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in advance of its upcoming ...
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January 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The human rights crisis in #Egypt has significantly worsened since the 2019 UPR. We raised concerns over the escalating crackdown on FoE, incl press freedom, access to information, and the right to protest.
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-j...
www.pen-international.org/news/egypt-j...
Enabling, funding, and shielding over 400 days of Genocide, then rushing to claim ending the war!!
Today, we see a long-awaited hope for Palestinians materialised and eternal shame for the Biden administration amplified.
Today, we see a long-awaited hope for Palestinians materialised and eternal shame for the Biden administration amplified.
January 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Enabling, funding, and shielding over 400 days of Genocide, then rushing to claim ending the war!!
Today, we see a long-awaited hope for Palestinians materialised and eternal shame for the Biden administration amplified.
Today, we see a long-awaited hope for Palestinians materialised and eternal shame for the Biden administration amplified.
While we are celebrating Christmas with our family's and loved ones, Alaa Abdel Fattah remains in prison. ##FreeAlaa
December 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
While we are celebrating Christmas with our family's and loved ones, Alaa Abdel Fattah remains in prison. ##FreeAlaa