What happened to BenBaz?
BenBaz has been thrown in jail by the Kuwaiti Government since December 31, 2012. On February 7, 2013*, he was sentenced by the same Kuwaiti Government for one year in jail plus forced labor, plus a fine, plus deportation from Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti Government charged BenBaz with contempt of religions & attempting to spread atheism, they have sentenced BenBaz for peacefully writing his views in a blog where he explained the benefits of secular values.
Kuwaiti Official documents of BenBaz’s case attached below. We have hidden BenBaz info.
Why was BenBaz arrested?
The Mirrors of the Gulf Company owner, where BenBaz worked, reported BenBaz to Kuwaiti Authorities as a blasphemer
Why did his employer report him for blasphemy?
Because BenBaz planned to leave his company The Mirrors of the Gulf and join another firm. Aziz was not happy about the low wages he was paid, and he told his employer who informed the police about Aziz blog, accusing BenBaz of contempt of religions and blasphemy. All of which was retaliation against BenBaz for wanting to improve his income and advance his career.
What are the evidence against BenBaz?
- Excerpts from articles by the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany plublished on his blog
- A graphic depicting Abraham about to slay his son, a current image in the Western media
- Excerpts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “All human beings are born free ……”
Here is a link to BenBaz’s blog: http://www.benbaz.info
Why is this important?
Aziz is in prison simply because he holds atheistic, humanistic, and secular views.
Whether you are an Atheist or a Muslim or a Christian, nobody deserves to be jailed or punished for having atheistic views. He did not hurt anybody. He did not steal, he did not assault anyone, he did not vandalize someone’s property. He is simply a well articulated gentle soft spoken Egyptian Atheist who speaks his mind. He expressed himself peacefully writing a rather gentle blog. We need your help to pressure the Kuwaiti government to release him from this unjust imprisonment.
What can you do to help?
We need your help to get the words out, gather support for this peaceful atheist humanist activist
- Sign FreeBenBaz petition: http://tinyurl.com/BenBazPetition
- Join FreeBenBaz group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeBenBaz/
- Like FreeBenBaz community page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Freebenbazpage
- Tweet hastag: #FreeBenBaz
- If you can organize a protest in front of Kuwait Embassy or Consulate if there is one in your city let us know and we will help you. Join the FreeBenBazProtest community page on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/BenBazProtest
- Please help us by making videos, writing in your blogs, writing articles, calling the media, calling your representatives, etc,
- Our video on youtube sums it up please view and share: http://youtu.be/2B_n7wo4Ji4
Help us free BenBaz!
*Corrected
Signed. This contributes to confirming my suspicion that blasphemy laws exist so that people can settle scores at someone else’s expense.
I meant to add, why are the faithful so frightened? I suspect that they lack faith. Or it’s really about power and oppression. That would make more sense, would it not?
Late and silly nitpick:
obviously at least one of those dates must be incorrect.
Carry on.
Oh yes, I noticed that but forgot to note or correct it.