Postcards to Political Prisoners

Freedom of Expression is a human right – but it is not globally respected. All across the world people are imprisoned for merely stating what they believe in. At an IFLRY event in Istanbul, Liberal Youth heard the story of Mikael Nabil (find out more below) and were touched by the solidarity shown by the delegates when they decided to send postcards of support to him. We want to continue this campaign here in the UK and in the future support other prisoners of conscience (or Political Prisoners).

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Mikael Nabil's story

At the last International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) General Assembly, delegates sent messages of support to Mikael Nabil. Mikael, a young blogger and liberal activist from Egypt, has been imprisoned for a blog post criticising the military in Egypt following the overthrow of Mubarak. Despite being a civilian, Mikael was sentenced by military tribunal. He has been on a four-month long hunger strike protesting both his treatment, and sentence.

Even before the Arab Spring began,Mikael was promoting democracy and liberal values in Egypt, attending the 2009 Liberal International Congress in Cairo as a member of the IFLRY delegation. For his efforts, Mikael was the first recipient of the IFLRY Freedom Prize.

At the Liberal Youth spring conference in Leeds, we will be joining IFLRY in sending supportive messages on postcards to Mikael, and other young political prisoners in similar situations around the world.