A prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy walked free from jail, a rights defender said. Patrick George Zaki, a post graduate student in Italy, was pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, along with five other people.
The Egyptian government says that it has inked a series of deals to sell off $1.9 billion worth of stakes in state-owned companies.
“We’re very happy. Finally, this calamity came to an end,” his sister, Marise, told the AP over the phone while traveling from Mansoura to Cairo. Zaki’s case has reverberated across Italy, with his sentencing reminding many of the tragic fate of Italian student Giulio Regeni who was abducted and killed in Cairo in 2016.
El-Baker’s defense lawyer, Ahmed Ragheb, said they were still waiting Thursday afternoon outside a prison complex in eastern Cairo for his release.
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