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Italian Writer Returns French Honor In Protest Corrado Augias objects France's Macron awarding Legion of Honor to Egyptian President al Sisi. Italian journalist and writer Corrado Augias personally returned his Legion of Honor on Monday to the French embassy in Italy, in a sign of protest against the decoration of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with the same award. Augias, 85, refused to "share this honor" with al-Sisi, who was decorated with the Grand Cross during his state visit to France last week. "In my opinion, Preside...

URL copied to clipboard In February 2020, as he arrived back in Cairo to visit family, Patrick Zaky, a Masters student at Bologna University, was arrested by Egyptian authorities. Zaky, a researcher of gender rights for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), was detained on charges including “spreading false news” and “an incitement to protest”. His lawyer, Wael Ghally, claimed he was “beaten and tortured”. Ten months on, he is still being held in prison, awaiting his pre-trial hearing. Then, after a meeting with 13 European ambassadors and diplomats on the state ...