Mohamed Fahmy has only been on Canadian soil for a matter of months, but he is already poised to fight for changes in how Canadian officials advocate for citizens imprisoned abroad.

Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief for Al-Jazeera, was arrested with two other colleagues on terror-related charges in 2013. While being detained, Fahmy feared he would lose his status as a Canadian due in part to a Conservative law that could strip citizenship for an individual convicted of espionage, treason and terrorism.

With help from Amnesty International and his lawyers, Fahmy is in the midst of drafting a proposed charter that he hopes will be adopted by the Trudeau government. The charter highlights the importance of citizen rights and how the government can better deal with Canadian nationals arrested abroad.

During a presentation at Humber College on Nov. 10, Fahmy touched on the dangers of freelancing and his optimism concerning the new Liberal government.


Comment: Here is another article concerning the three journalists imprisoned in Egype under their President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: Egypt President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s conviction of 3 Al-Jazeera journalists is all about political manipulation

While Fahmy was incarcerated in an Egyptian prison awaiting his fate, not far away in Kobani, Syria, another journalist was silenced and her voice lost to the world: The killing of Serena Shim and the ‘suicide’ of former BBC journalist Jacky Sutton

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