Who is Malak al-Kashef?

Malak al-Kashef is a 19-year-old activist, human rights defender, and transgender woman located in Egypt. She supported a protest against the government.

She is currently being held in an all-male prison, at risk of torture, and facing potentially, the death penalty

She was kidnapped from her home by police.

She faces the potential (fake) charges of “aiding a terrorist organization” and “misusing social media to commit a crime punishable by law.” She has already been subjected to:

1. Solitary Confinement
   
2. Misgendering
3. Sexual assault under the guise of medical examination 

And potentially many other things we are unaware of. She has already been tortured. If released into the general population, she could be murdered by prisoners.

This is now her 127th day in prison (as of July 11th, 2019), and we need to do something.

Here are some ways to help:

- Signal boost. 

- Get her name into the media. You think it might sound ridiculous, but the Egyptian government has shown time and time again to respond to negative press attention. Tweeting, blogging, and getting creators to make videos about the subject are not wastes of time.

- Send a fax to the Public Prosecutor, Nabil Sadek. Amnesty International recommends that you use their letter or a version similar to it. Please do edit their letter, as it has now been more than 3 times that her detention has been extended.

- Sending faxes for free internationally is very difficult to find, but you can find low-cost services like GotFreeFax ($0.70). For more options, check out this list. You can also fax (for a cost) at places like OfficeMax, OfficeDepot, and your local library. 

Where can you learn more?

Jimmy Snow

Amnesty International

Timeline - Frontline Defenders

Middle East Eye - They do graphically describe the assault/torture in this article.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP HER.

I’m VERY serious about this when I say signal boost! If someone feels uncomfortable because I’m a trendercore blog, I don’t even care just take my whole post word for word, and post it to your own blog. Just get the word out!!!