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Egypt's Jekyll and Hyde approach to atheists
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2018/5/17/egypts-jekyll-and-hyde-approach-to-atheistsFor those who do not believe in divine judgement, a worldly reckoning can sometimes await them. This is the case for the controversial atheist and daring YouTuber Sherif Gaber, who is caught in a sort of secular purgatory.
The prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer and activist Gamal Eid informed me that his organisation, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), had managed, on Monday 7 May, to help secure Gaber's release from Cairo airport, where he had been unlawfully detained since the previous Wednesday because no official arrest warrant had been issued for him. After his official release, Gaber vanished.
He tweeted that, after four days "in hell", he was "free", but he did not go into detail about his situation, leading to fears he has been 'disappeared' and that the security services had somehow taken over his Twitter account.
Even now that Gaber is presumed free, he is not actually free.
The prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer and activist Gamal Eid informed me that his organisation, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), had managed, on Monday 7 May, to help secure Gaber's release from Cairo airport, where he had been unlawfully detained since the previous Wednesday because no official arrest warrant had been issued for him. After his official release, Gaber vanished.
He tweeted that, after four days "in hell", he was "free", but he did not go into detail about his situation, leading to fears he has been 'disappeared' and that the security services had somehow taken over his Twitter account.
Even now that Gaber is presumed free, he is not actually free.
Speaking out against religion has always upset some people, I guess. It gets scary when those who are upset have political power.
