The '''Fahmy Foundation''' for free press is a non-profit organization based in Canada. <ref>https://twitter.com/fahmyfoundation</ref> It works for [[freedom of the press]] and tries to help [[journalist]]s who are in [[prison]].
== History ==
Journalist [[Mohamed Fahmy]] started the group with his fiancee Marwa Omara in 2015. <ref>http://globalnews.ca/news/1866735/mohamed-fahmy-starts-foundation-to-help-imprisoned-journalists/</ref> Their first case was [[Mahmoud Abou Zeid]], known as "Shawkan", a [[photojournalism|photojournalist]] who is in prison in [[Egypt]]. <ref>http://globalnews.ca/news/1866735/mohamed-fahmy-starts-foundation-to-help-imprisoned-journalists/</ref> the Fahmi Foundation also tried to help American journalist [[Jason Rezaian]] in Iran, [[Ahmed Ziada]] in Egypt, and [[Mohamed Al-Ajami]], a Qatari poet. <ref>http://www.arabamerica.com/fahmy-foundation-commemorates-world-press-freedom-day-at-vancouver-art-gallery-on-may-3/</ref> Jason Rezaian was free in January 2016. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-18-months-in-an-iranian-prison-a-triumphant-return-for-jason-rezaian/2016/01/29/6bf3a3ba-c63f-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html</ref>
== Other websites ==
*The Fahmy Foundation <ref>http://www.fahmyfoundation.com/</ref>
*The Fahmy foundation on Twitter <ref>https://twitter.com/fahmyfoundation</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:International organizations]]
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