Dr. Ezzat Gouda recalls his wife's disbelief when he told her his refugee claim in Canada had been denied, and he would be sent back to his home country — where he faces a death sentence.
"She said, 'How is this possible, in a country like Canada?'" he said in Arabic through an interpreter on Monday.
"I was shocked because I had submitted official documents, authentic documents of my life sentence and my death sentence," he said. He was found guilty in absentia in connection with two demonstrations that turned violent in 2013. Gouda said he helped establish the Freedom and Justice Party, which was affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood group and came to power following the country's 2012 elections.
The following month, on Aug. 16, 2013, he said his second son, Omar, was fatally shot while participating in what Gouda describes as a peaceful protest. Gouda was working in the hospital when his wife called to tell him that their son was killed. Omar's body was brought to the mortuary in the hospital the next day.
He was denied a visa to Canada and instead entered the country at the unofficial Roxham Road crossing between Canada and the United States in March 2022.
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