Via IAPL – the thing to note here is the lack of criticism from the US government
Lawyer Nabil Abu Shikha was arrested after posting jokes about the TV series “Al Ikhtiar” that featured actor Yasser Galal as president Abdelfattah El Sisi.
The prosecution ordered him to pretrial detention for joining a terrorist organization and publishing false news.#Egypt https://t.co/CfERgFfVtA
— Yasmin Omar (@yasminoviech) April 15, 2022
Antony Blinken (United States Secretary of State):
More than a million political prisoners are being held in over 65 countries. They include .. Egyptian advocates like human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer.#FreeBaker pic.twitter.com/FrNXzo9Lcz— #FreeBaker (@FreeBaker2) April 15, 2022
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— #FreeBaker (@FreeBaker2) April 15, 2022
The day after highlighting the unjust imprisonment of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, Secretary Blinken welcomed his Egyptian counterpart and waxed lyrical over the U.S.-Egypt “strategic partnership” – https://t.co/MbLGXzid2q pic.twitter.com/yEqeL74Yls
— POMED (@POMED) April 13, 2022
While introducing the State Department’s 2021 Human Rights Report, Secretary Blinken highlights the case of Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as one of the far too many political prisoners held around the world. #FreeThemAll https://t.co/tDXVy48Pvi
— Seth Binder (@seth_binder) April 12, 2022
“Governments are locking up more critics at home. Today, more than a million political prisoners are being held in over 65 countries. They include…Egyptian advocates like human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer.” –@SecBlinken of @StateDept.#FreeBaqer pic.twitter.com/qObJhGIi8Y
— Mai El-Sadany (@maitelsadany) April 12, 2022
