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A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison landed Sunday in Italy, where the government championed his case. Patrick George Zaki was greeted by applause and a throng of video and still cameras as he emerged into the arrivals hall at Milan’s Malpensa Airport after traveling on a commercial flight. He continued to…
Freed Egyptian researcher and Bologna University alumnus Patrick Zaki arrived back in Italy, on Sunday (Jul. 23). He left Egypt a few days after his presidential pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Zaki vowed not to forget other activists still imprisoned.
A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison landed Sunday in Italy, where the government championed his case. Patrick George Zaki was greeted by applause and a throng of video and still cameras as he emerged into the arrivals hall at Milan’s Malpensa Airport after traveling on a commercial flight. Zaki’s case has echoed in Italy, reminding many of the tragic fate of Italian student Giulio Regeni who was abducted and killed in Cairo in 2016.