Amal Albaz the daughter of Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz who has been detained in an Egyptian prison for over a year, is joined by her mother Safaa Elashmawy and her sister Maryam and a few hundred supporters for a protest outside of Burlington MP Karina Gould constituency office. – Graham Paine/Torstar
Burlington MP Karina Gould addresses the crowd of approximately 80 protesters outside her constituency office, that the federal government is doing everything to garner the release of Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz who has been detained in an Egyptian prison for over a year. Listening to her speak is Yasser Albaz daughter Amal Albaz, his wife Safaa Elashmawy and his other daughter Maryam. – Graham Paine/Torstar A protester carries a sign in support of Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz who has been detained in an Egyptian prison for over a year, as approximately 80 protesters including members of his family protested outside of Burlington MP Karina Gould constituency office. – Graham Paine/TorstarBurlington MP Karina Gould listens as the family (L-R) Yasser Albaz daughter Amal Albaz, his wife Safaa Elashmawy and his other daughter Maryam, of Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz who has been detained in an Egyptian prison for over a year look for the Prime Minister to do more to garner his release. – Graham Paine/Torstar
Burlington was the latest stop in the ongoing campaign to bring an ill Canadian detained in Egypt home.
At the forefront of these efforts is Amal Albaz — daughter of Yasser Albaz — who was joined by her mother Safaa Elashmawy, sister Maryam and roughly 80 supporters for a protest outside MP Karina Gould’s Guelph Line constituency office Saturday afternoon.
The MP spoke with Amal and her family, who’ve visited numerous communities in recent months in a desperate plea to have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau push for Yasser’s release.
His family says he’s been experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms and due to pre-existing medical conditions is in an especially vulnerable state — requiring immediate medical care.
