A Christian man liberated from Egyptian prison last month Detained for three years In a Facebook post, he shared it in an online convert from Christianity to Islam.
Originally from Yemen, Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo is part of a Christian Facebook group that discusses Islamic theology and apology, According to the Alliance Defends Freedom (ADF) International. Abdo was arrested for his Facebook post when he was living in Egypt with an asylum seeker registered in UNHCR. After his transformation to Christianity, he faced a death threat in Yemen.
ADF International supports his legal defense and helps secure his release by submitting his case to a United Nations Task Force in arbitrary detention, saying the case is open to national security authorities as the allegations against him have not been dismissed.
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Abdulbaqi Abdo converted to Christianity and faced a death threat in Yemen. (ADF International)
Egyptian authorities reportedly arrested Abdo with another Christian named Nour Girgis after discovering affiliation with Facebook pages. Now, authorities are “assuming they are involved in terrorist activities”, ADF International said.
Five fathers with five serious conditions were before he was released from prison last month. Throughout three years in prison, he was moved between several detention centers, even during his last six months of despair, he went on a hunger strike in the last six months. Poor health related to his heart, liver and kidneys.
“I have had a lot of hardships in prison. The government should have kept me away from my family and put me in these bad conditions, which is wrong, just because of the belief that I choose to believe in peace.”
He added: “I thank everyone who prayed for me when I was in jail, cared for and followed up on my case and shared the joy of my release from prison.”
Abdo’s son Husam Baqi criticized the fact that “the freedom to believe and express one’s faith is not allowed and to be imprisoned or killed for his faith.”
Kelsey Zorzi, director of ADF International’s advocacy for religious freedom, said Abdo’s arbitrary detention without a criminal trial and his lack of opportunity to defend himself for his violation of the alleged crime constituted a serious violation of him. human rights.
“Peaceful expression of religious beliefs cannot constitute a crime, not in Egypt, nor anywhere else in the world,” she said. “This case shows the end of an unchecked government censorship in the online era. The world must pay attention.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a researcher at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and founder of the AHA Foundation, told Fox News Numbers The idea that simply expressing one’s faith on a private Facebook forum can be locked in for years is “weird”.
Abdo’s letter was written from prison to his family. (ADF International)
“Yemeni refugee Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was sentenced to jail at the hands of Egyptian authorities, a surreal example of a surreal blasphemy policy,” she said. “It’s also Illegal. Egyptian officials violated the human rights of this father and husband.”
Ali is a refugee from Somalia and in the Muslim community, she is the victim of female genital mutilation. Ali, formerly a famous atheist, announced in November that she was transforming into Christianity. She faces constant death threats due to her outspoken remarks about the Muslim Brotherhood.
“This is a logical conclusion to the trend that prompts authorities to express freely on social media,” she added. “From China to Pakistan, from Russia to Syria, from Britain to Egypt, the revival of Stalinism of our time must be urgently defended. ”