Egypt begins trial of researcher Patrick George Zaki
Al Jazeera
The researcher and human rights activist faces up to five years in jail for ‘spreading false news’.
The trial of Patrick George Zaki, a researcher and human rights advocate detained since early last year, has begun in Egypt.
The 30-year-old, who was on leave from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) to pursue studies in Italy at the time of his arrest in February 2020, appeared before a special emergency state security court in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura on Tuesday.
Held in pre-trial detention for 19 months, Zaki was charged on Monday with “spreading false news inside and outside of the country”, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail.
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