Cairo for more than a year says her father is at risk of succumbing to COVID-19 unless the government can win his freedom. Amal Ahmed Albaz is once again pleading with the Canadian government to come to the aid of her 52-year father, Yasser Ahmed Albaz, an engineer from Oakville, Ont.He has been in a Cairo prison since February 2019, when he was detained at the airport on his way home from a business trip.Albaz is a dual citizen who was travelling on his Canadian passport.His daughter says his family still does not know why he was detained and questioned and that he has not been charged.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]But she says his situation has grown more dire in recent days because he has.