Egypt's president pardons detained researcher Patrick Zaki

Zaki had been studying in Italy before his detention during a trip home in 2020 over a news article in which he documented life as a Coptic Christian in Egypt.

The United States welcomed the release of Zaki and Baqer and called on Egypt to free "all unjustly detained political prisoners", a State Department spokesman said. After Zaki's sentencing on Tuesday, Meloni had said Italy still had confidence over his case, while a U.S. state department spokesman urged Egypt to release Zaki immediately.

His arrest came amidst a far-reaching crackdown on dissent under Sisi, who led the overthrow of democratically elected Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi a decade ago, before becoming president the following year.

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