It seems as if there are elements in Iraq that don’t want a party of Christians operating there. From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei:
“I appeal to Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, His Holiness the Pope, world Christian parties and the Association of Iraqi Muslim Clerics … to work towards freeing me,” Minas al-Yusifi, said in a video aired on Thursday.
The leader of Iraq’s Christian Democrats was snatched three weeks ago by the Martyr al-Isawy Brigades whose name was on a black banner behind him during the video released by fighters.
He returned to Iraq two years ago to re-establish the party after seeking asylum in Sweden 20 years ago.