Emergency security grants for Egyptian human rights activists

Description

1) Objective

Minority Rights Group is accepting applications for Emergency Security Grants from Egyptian human rights activists who are working within or outside of Egypt. These grants are designed to address the security needs of human rights activists representing religious, ethnic or gender minorities (LGBTQIA+), that face digital or physical threats or security risks due to their human rights work within a restrictive civic space. The grants aim to mitigate the impacts of various security breaches, crackdowns, harassments, and attacks of legal, physical, or digital nature and prevent their recurrence.

The urgency of the risk that requires intervention must be clear. Risks can include security risks emanating from digital breaches, arrests and prosecutions of human rights activists due to their human rights work, verbal or physical threats against human rights activists, harassment of activists or their family members, attacks against the infrastructure of activists, etc.

2) Eligibility

For your application to be considered, the applicant must meet the following requirements: (1) Be a human rights or minority rights activist working to promote and protect human and minority rights in Egypt; (2) Must have recently experienced an elevated risk of an imminent security threat; (3) Be an activist with a track record of working with ethnic, religious, gender, and LGBTQIA+ minorities; (4) Have the ability to receive funding safely from MRG.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Egypt.

4) Budget

The amount available for each grant is up to €800.

5) Application

The online form on their website can be submitted anytime. Please provide in the application form a secure means of communication including but not limited to, encrypted message apps (WhatsApp/Signal) or encrypted emails (Tutanota/ ProtonMail) to facilitate communication.