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[[File:Mohamed-fahmy-2.jpg|thumb|Mohamed Fahmy in 2015.]]
The '''Fahmy Foundation''' for free press is a non-profit organization based in Canada.<ref name="twitter.com">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/fahmyfoundation|title=Fahmy Foundation|publisher=}}</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 name="nicklogan">{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1866735/mohamed-fahmy-starts-foundation-to-help-imprisoned-journalists/|title=Mohamed Fahmy starts foundation to help imprisoned journalists|author=Nick Logan|date=5 March 2015|work=Global News}}</ref> Their first case was [[Mahmoud Abou Zeid]], known as "Shawkan", a [[photojournalism|photojournalist]] who is in prison in [[Egypt]].<ref name="nicklogan"/>  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>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabamerica.com/fahmy-foundation-commemorates-world-press-freedom-day-at-vancouver-art-gallery-on-may-3/|title=Fahmy Foundation commemorates World Press Freedom Day at Vancouver Art Gallery on May 3 - Post - Arab America|work=Arab America}}</ref> Jason Rezaian was free in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=After 18 months in an Iranian prison, a triumphant return for Jason Rezaian|author=Dana Milbank|date=29 January 2016|work=Washington Post}}</ref>

== References == 
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== Other websites ==
*[http://www.fahmyfoundation.com/ The Fahmy Foundation]

[[Category:International organizations]]
[[Category:Human rights]]
[[Category:Imprisonment and detention]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Canada]]
[[Category:Freedom of expression organizations]]
[[Category:Human rights organizations]]