Egyptian Christians detained
2007-11-11 20:17
Cairo - Egyptian police have detained the spokesperson for a Christian rights organisation and one of his
colleagues, the organisation's president said.
Police broke into the Cairo homes of Wagih
Yakob, 45, spokesperson for the Middle East Christian Association, and another member of the group, detaining both, said Nader Fawzy, president of the Toronto-based group.
Fawzy said: "They haven't done anything at all. The government is trying to stop us from working in Egypt."
Police confiscated the computers and cellphones of the
two men, said Fawzy, whose organisation has a mission statement calling for secularism and equality and full citizenship for Christians living in the Middle East.
A spokesperson for Egypt's Interior Ministry said he had no information about the detentions.