Sure. One Free World International is a human rights organization. We're based in Toronto, Canada. We've been here for the last seven years.
My background is Egyptian. I was born in Egypt. I converted from Islam to Christianity back home in Egypt when I was 18 years old. I was tortured and imprisoned because of my faith back home in Egypt. Through the United Nations and Amnesty International, I came to Canada eight years ago as a landed political refugee. That's why I'm passionate about what I'm doing, because I've been there.
Our organization has 28 branches around the world. Most are in Middle Eastern countries, Africa, and some of the communist countries. We do not operate publicly. A lot of times we operate underground, with what we call intelligent resources, which means we operate through another organization or through other individuals. They are part of the society; they monitor the human rights situation, and they inform us. Once we get the information, we send an action alert. Our members send letters to their embassies or their government to promote human rights and to free the people who were arrested. We have taken over 300 cases and never lost one. We have helped many individuals who were arrested or tortured.
We also work a little on the immigration side for the people who come here. We write an expert opinion for them about the situation in their country and their culture. We are funded by private supporters. We are not funded by the government, and we don't want to be funded by the government. They can keep their money.