Family of Canadian in brutal Egyptian prison say he's in 'psychological shock'
Yasser Ahmed Albaz's daughter Amal says his detention in Egypt's notorious Tora prison has been renewed yet again. He has not been charged.
The family had no idea where he was for almost a week. Their confusion turned to abject horror when a lawyer in Cairo told them Yasser was questioned and taken to Tora prison, a notorious institution that has been accused ofAlbaz said that since then, Yasser has been receiving extensions on his detention from the state prosecutor without being charged. The most recent renewal was on April 15.
Her uncle in Egypt has been allowed to visit Yasser. He tells them he is physically unharmed but appears to be in"psychological shock." And Albaz's sister, who is getting married in almost two months, says she is"devastated" and afraid she'll have to cancel the wedding if her father is not released in time.
The family is worried that fabricated charges will be laid in Yasser's case, Albaz added, which would lob it into a whole new dimension of legal issues.
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