Stop Deportation to Torture in Egypt - Save Onsy Zachary

Onsy Zachary, a 62 year old Egyptian man who is a Christian Coptic Orthodox, escaped from Egypt in 1970. While serving in the Egyptian military he was imprisoned and tortured for refusing to convert his faith to Islam. He is now facing deportation from the USA along with his wife Fadia in September 2007. They will be sent back to Egypt where they will be imprisoned and tortured for filing for religious asylum with the US, and for Onsy being unjustly convicted of a crime he did not commit.

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Excerpt from Human Rights Watch Q&A

Have people who were sent back with diplomatic assurances actually been tortured?

Yes. Ahmed Agiza, an asylum seeker in Sweden , was expelled in December 2001 based on assurances against torture from the Egyptian government. Swedish authorities handed over Agiza to U.S. agents and he was transferred to Cairo aboard a CIA-leased aircraft. He was subsequently beaten and subjected to electric shock in an Egyptian prison, despite arrangements for post-return monitoring by Swedish diplomats. In May 2005, the
UN Committee against Torture ruled that Sweden had violated its absolute obligation not to return a person to a risk of torture and stated that "the procurement of diplomatic assurances, which, moreover, provided no mechanism for their enforcement, did not suffice to protect against this manifest risk."

http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/ecaqna1106/

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You can help!

Sign the petition ON-LINE: >>CLICK HERE<< or >>CLICK HERE<< to make a donation, print and sign their petition and send it back, email, call, fax, or write Onsy a letter of support

Overwhelming Response

The response to the petition to save Onsy and Fadia has been so overwhelming that we have needed to start a new list! You can view the first list of petition signatures: >>CLICK HERE<<. Please sign the petition if you have done so already: >>CLICK HERE<<.

National Center for Reason and Justice

"We believe that the accusation against Mr. Zachary was manufactured by a relative whose main objective was to get Mr. Zachary deported. Mr. Zachary, unfortunately, was convicted and is scheduled for release from prison in September. Upon release, Mr. Zachary and his wife will be deported to Egypt where they face imprisonment and torture. (They are Coptic Christians who are on record of having applied to the United States for religious asylum.)" -- Robert B. Chatelle Executive Director, National Center for Reason and Justice

Press Release from the NCRJ: >>CLICK HERE<< to read it.

Orthodox Christians for Life

"Through a convoluted and tragic series of events initiated by the ruthless and malignant actions of Mr. Zachary's own brother, Onsy was charged with and convicted of a crime that he did not commit ... . I call upon the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States to intervene in this matter and by Executive order, right the injustice perpetrated against Mr. Zachary and his wife. Because they are refugees from radical Islam, both face terrible persecution and possible death at the hands of anti-Christian fanatics if they are forcibly deported to Egypt." --Rev. Deacon John Protopapas National Director, Orthodox Christians for Life

More Info

Email SaveOnsy@aol.com or call 508-505-5795

How to Help

First PLEASE pray for them. >>CLICK HERE<< to make a donation, print and sign their petition and send it back, email, call, fax, or write Onsy a letter of support

Onsy, 1999. Happy, generous, loving husband, father and friend

Prayer of an innocent man

1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity,

And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and try me;

Test my mind and my heart.

3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,

And I have walked in Your truth.

4 I do not sit with deceitful men,

Nor will I go with pretenders.

5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,

And I will not sit with the wicked.

6 I shall wash my hands in innocence,

And I will go about Your altar, O LORD,

7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving

And declare all Your wonders.

8 O LORD, I love the habitation of Your house

And the place where Your glory dwells.

9 Do not take my soul away along with sinners,

Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

10 In whose hands is a wicked scheme,

And whose right hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

12 My foot stands on a level place;

In the congregations I shall bless the LORD.

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