Fiancée of Egyptian Christian convert facing execution urges US, Netherlands to intervene

. | Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesThe Australian-Egyptian fiancée of a man who left Islam for Christianity has launched an appeal to the Netherlands and the United States to save him from execution in Egypt.Sophia, who asked The Jerusalem Post to withhold her surname, told the newspaper she hopes the Dutch government will consider trading her fiancé, Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek, for Ahmed Nasser, a man Egypt has pressed hard to get freed. Dutch authorities arrested Nasser on suspicion of threatening and intimidating people at gatherings and protests in 2025 and earlier this year while working for a foreign state.She called the proposed trade a “humanitarian favor” and said the couple has no plans to settle in the Netherlands or use Dutch public money.She also urged Washington to tie its roughly $1.5 billion in yearly aid to Egypt to Abdelrazek’s release and better treatment of religious minorities.Said Abdelrazek faces charges in Egypt related to his Christian faith.

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