Egyptian authorities jailed a former ambassador last month allegedly in connection to his criticism of the governmentโs handling of theย Great Ethiopia Renaissance Damย crisis, it was revealed yesterday.
According to the family of Yahya Najm, who served as Cairoโs ambassador to Venezuela, he was arrested following a raid by security forces at his home and subsequently โdisappearingโ for three days.
The New Arabย reported, citing close sources to Najm that the state security prosecution charged him with โjoining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social mediaโ and that he was sentenced to 15 days imprisonment, pending investigation.
His family also claims that after the investigation, he was transferred to an unknown location โin flagrant violation of Egyptian lawโ.
Despite having โserved his country as a diplomat for yearsโ, Najmโs family believes his incarceration was โthe price he paid for his freedom to defend the soul of his homelandโ.
In 2012, it wasย reportedย that Najm was among political opponents of the late-Presidentย Mohamed Morsiย to have been detained and beaten by dozens of Islamist supporters.
Najm is said to have stated last month that Egyptian officials are in a โstate of delirium, internal delirium, and schizophrenia, and make us an object of ridicule to the worldโ.
โThis nonsense uttered by regime officials confirm that there are no institutions or a collective mind that runs the state and that whoever manages matters is one party, or one person, deceiving and druggingโฆ the Egyptian people until the completion of the construction of the dam,โ the former diplomat added.
Ethiopiaโs Prime Ministerย Abiy Ahmedย said last week that his country intends to build more than 100 dams as a means of resisting forces opposed to Ethiopia. However, this has become a security issue for Egypt which is almost entirely dependent on the Nile water. There are also plans for Ethiopia to buildย military basesย in the Red Sea.
Egypt and Sudan concluded aย joint-military drillย earlier that week amid the rising tensions with Ethiopia.
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