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Aug 1, 2020

Building and Uniting a Movement in the Arab World

In November 2019, HRF held its first Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) Working Retreat for the Arab World, bringing together a group of 60 human rights advocates. The global community established by OFF believes that all people are entitled to live freely without fear of government oppression. In that spirit, we are dedicated to representing a diverse group of voices and bringing their stories to the world. In addition to our global experts, participants at the OFF Working Retreat hailed from 13 countries within the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia. Given the revolutionary developments that took place throughout 2019 in the region, including countrywide protests demanding representative governance, this event could not have been more timely.

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