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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

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

Claudio Furlan//LaPresse

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 was then continuing to Bologna, where he had been living and studying before being detained in Cairo on in 2020.

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