I have recently read an article about the plight of a prisoner in Afghanistan. His crime is apparently being a Christian convert from Islam in a land where punishment for such conversion is death. He somehow got a letter out that partially describes his incarceration and abuse by inmates and guards alike. The following is an excerpt from the letter. The full letter can be found at the Barnabas Fund (http://www.barnabasfund.org/
“My name is Said Musa 45 years old. I have been working since 15 years as a Physiotherapist in I-C-R-C [International Committee of the Red Cross] orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. About four and a half months before by security force of Afghanistan I [was] captured, due to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world.
...Since that time I am in jail. The authority and prisoners in jail did many bad behaviour with me about my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. For example, they did sexual things with me, beat me by wood, by hands, by legs, put some things on my head, mocked me ‘He’s Jesus Christ’, spat on me, nobody let me for sleep night and day. Every person spat on me and beat me. Also the prosecutor wrote something wrong against me. He told from himself something wrong against me on my file.
Supposedly, our embassy has expressed concern and called for his release. This needs more than concern. After all, if this kind of government is going to be the result of our war on terrorism, what exactly are we or anyone else gaining from this war? If we are going to let them set up such draconian laws, fine. But we should get out now and let them fend for themselves instead of finding ourselves propping up yet another dictatorial regime in the name of national security. Better still, we should enforce a minimum standard of human rights so that such things simply do not happen in countries that we support.
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