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Patrick Zaki waves upon his arrival at the Milan Malpensa airport, Italy, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Egypt on Thursday released two human rights defenders, including one who has ties with Italy, their lawyers said, concluding two cases that drew significant international criticism and attention. The releases of Patrick George Zaki, an activist and postgraduate student in Italy, and Mohamed el-Baker, a human rights lawyer, came a day after they were pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi along with four other people. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Freed Egyptian human rights campaigner arrives in Italy, which championed his case

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A giant portrait of activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, hangs from the facade of Rome's Capitol Hill on Jan. 25, 2021. A prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy walked free from jail Thursday, July 20, 2023 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 on Wednesday, according to the country’s Official Gazette. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP, File)

Two prominent Egyptian rights figures released from prison following pardons

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Protesters demonstrate in support of Patrick Zaki by the Piazza del Nettuno, in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. An Egyptian court sentenced Zaki, a rights activist, on Tuesday to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 in a case that renewed global attention to Egypt's intolerance of government critics. He was arrested in February 2020 shortly after landing in Cairo on a short trip home from Italy where he was a postgraduate student at the University of Bologna. (Guido Calamosca/LaPresse via AP)

Egypt pardons jailed activists, including two prominent rights defenders, official reports say

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A mural depicts detained Egyptian human rights advocate and student at the University of Bologna in Italy, Patrick George Zaki, being hugged from behind by Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, who was murdered in Cairo in 2016, on a wall in Rome, Feb. 19, 2020. An Egyptian court has sentenced Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said the court on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 convicted Zaki of “disseminating false news” related to his article about alleged discrimination against Coptic Christians in Egypt. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, a mural depicting detained Egyptian human rights advocate and student at the University of Bologna in Italy Patrick George Zaki, being hugged from behind by Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, who was murdered in Cairo in 2016, is displayed on a wall near a park, in Rome. An Egyptian court extended the detention of Zaki, an activist and researcher who previously worked for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR, one of the country’s most prominent rights groups, the group said on Monday. Writing in Italian at top reads: &quot;This time it will all go well&quot;, and in Arabic at the bottom reads &quot;freedom.&quot; (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Rights group: Egyptian court extends activist’s detention

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In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Egypt’s top prosecutor denies activist was tortured

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