David SASSOLI, EP President on a phone call with Francesco UBERTINI, Dean of the Bologna University, on the occasion of the birthday of Patrick ZAKI, detained in Egypt since February 2020: extracts

David SASSOLI, EP President on a phone call with Francesco UBERTINI, Dean of the Bologna University, on the occasion of the birthday of Patrick ZAKI, detained in Egypt since February 2020: extracts from the beginning of the phone call. Patrick George Zaki is a student of the University of Bologna and an activist. He is detained in jail, in Egypt, since the 7th of February 2020. Zaki was charged from the public prosecutor’s office and prosecutors ordered a detention for 15 days pending investigations into allegations of "spreading fake news and calling for unauthorised protests". His detention was extendend every 45 days during this year. June, 16th is the day of his 30th birthday.