According to the NGO, his family has not received any news from him for ten days since July 3. “Any communication, also via letter exchange or telephone, is refused. It is unbearable for his parents and Ghent partner Souheila to be in the dark about the health condition of their loved one,” said Wies De Graeve, director of Amnesty International Flanders.
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Ahmed was convicted for allegedly sharing a number of posts on social media raising human rights violations in Egypt and criticizing the Egyptian government’s policies. He denies having written these posts.
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This week Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit the European institutions. A bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès was also scheduled for Tuesday. According to Amnesty, Ahmed’s situation was discussed during their meeting.
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