https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05...er-conversion-from-islam-and-proselytization/
Libyan activists told The Guardian Wednesday that six Libyan Christians are at risk of being executed for converting from Islam and spreading their religious beliefs.
After being arrested in March by the Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA), the six were accused of “making people leave Islam” in violation of the Libyan Penal Code. Article 207 of the code prohibits the advocacy of ideas that would “[change] the fundamental principles of the constitution or the fundamental rules of the social structure.”
ISA also detained and later released a US citizen who was involved in Christian activities, according to local media reports….
A lawyer for another one of the detainees told The Guardian his client was tortured into renouncing his faith….
Libyan activists told The Guardian Wednesday that six Libyan Christians are at risk of being executed for converting from Islam and spreading their religious beliefs.
After being arrested in March by the Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA), the six were accused of “making people leave Islam” in violation of the Libyan Penal Code. Article 207 of the code prohibits the advocacy of ideas that would “[change] the fundamental principles of the constitution or the fundamental rules of the social structure.”
ISA also detained and later released a US citizen who was involved in Christian activities, according to local media reports….
A lawyer for another one of the detainees told The Guardian his client was tortured into renouncing his faith….
