1st time: Nubians get
voice heard in Geneva
Nubian activists are on the move for
the first time are speaking to an international
audience in Geneva over the current situation facing
them in southern Egypt. A group of Nubian activists
are visiting Geneva in mid-February to address their
issues, particularly their return to their lands in
Aswan, at the meeting of the International Council
for Human Rights.
The group is also expected to
discuss the reports submitted by the Egyptian
government and independent organizations,within the
framework of the universal periodic review mechanism
for the situation of human rights in Egypt.
The Egyptian Center for Housing
rights and a representative from the Nuna Region
will be present in the meeting, Manal el-Tibi, head
of the center for housing told local newspapers that
human rights centers have been presenting their
reports on human rights to the UN since last
September, and noted that the report presented by
the Nubian group included “the Nubian claims for the
right to return to their lands, and also addressed
other problems suffered by Nubians in Egypt, such as
political representation and the absence of
development and demise of the Nubian language.”
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