International Quranic Center Declares Forced Disappearance Case
The International Quranic Center has declared that the kidnapping of Egyptian blogger, Reda Abdelarahman ِ Ali, is a forced disappearance case.
The Center will take all the necessary steps to prosecute the Egyptian authorities in the International Criminal Court for this "crime against humanity" as it is defined by the Rome Statute and the UN International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Reda was abducted from his home in Abu Hariz, Kafr Sakr, Sharkeya in Egypt on October 26, 2008.
The center reports that since his abduction, Reda's family and lawyers have been trying to locate Reda in the Egyptian prison system.
However, the prison authorities refuse to acknowledge that he is indeed in their custody.
On November 26, one month after his disappearance, his family and supporters organized a silent protest in front of the Egyptian Attorney General's office to demand that the authorities release information about Reda.
The government has yet to respond to the protest.
According to the center, many local and international organizations fear that Reda is currently being tortured and may be executed to cover up the case.
Last week, Reporters Without Borders called on the Egyptian authorities to reveal the charges against Reda (and another Egyptian blogger) who are being held at secret locations in defiance of their basic human rights.
"The secret detention of these two bloggers is intolerable. We urge their release as quickly as possible since no charges have, to date, been laid against them," it added.
The center said that Reda's disappearance is the latest case in a long series of systematic abuses against the Quranist people.
According to the Ahl Al-Quran website, the Quranists are Muslims who advocate a modern, and progressive interpretation of Islam that respects the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international legal conventions, rather than the fanatic interpretations of Islamic law that are increasingly gaining strength in the Muslim world.
Source:http://ahl-alquran.com/English/show_news.php?main_id=4216
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