Languishing in a most notorious junta jail – for no crime he committed, former Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef battles disease alone as inhuman coup authorities refuse to release him on medical grounds or allow his family to provide the life-saving medical treatment he needs at his own expense.
Akef was arrested, along with tens of thousands of patriotic revolutionaries, without crime or guilt, by coup forces who threw him in solitary confinement, hoping to break his will and the will of the steadfast behind bars. But the man, already in his nineties, suffers patiently, never compromising, not even with a word in support of the treasonous military coup.
The yards of schools and universities remember him as one of the most patriotic national resistance movement leaders. The Suez Canal and its cities bear witness to his wise leadership of the fight to liberate Egypt from occupiers. However, traitorous regimes – from Ibrahim Abdel-Hadi (in the corrupt Royal era), through Abdel-Nasser and Mubarak, and ending with treasonous general Sisi, vengefully punished him time after time to appease their masters in colonial powers. He almost died under severe torture in Abdel-Nasser’s prisons. Today, he is fighting for his life alone, succumbing slowly to serious illness, without giving in to the traitorous putschists.
The march of Mohamed Mahdi Akef and the Muslim Brotherhood’s fight for freedom of the people and the homeland will remain engraved in history – the pride of patriotism for generations to come, in spite of all the evil tyrants and despots.
We hold the coup regime responsible for Akef’s health and well-being, and urge all individuals, institutions and organizations of good conscience around the world to take action to secure an immediate release of Mohamed Akef, out of respect for the human rights they persistently preach.
Dr Talaat Fahmi
Muslim Brotherhood Media Spokesman
