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The government remains committed to a
positive solution in the case of the Egyptian researcher and
human rights activist Patrick Zaki, Premier Giorgia Meloni said
on Tuesday.
"Our commitment to a positive solution in the case of Patrick
Zaki has never ceased, it is ongoing, we are still confident,"
Meloni said.
Earlier centre-left opposition Democratic Party (Pd) lawmaker
Stefano Vaccari called on Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio
Tajani to "react strongly" to a sentence that he called a
"disgrace".
"After two years of pre-trial detention and another two years of
humiliation, now Zaki has received an unappealable sentence of
three years' imprisonment for expressing political opinions on
social networks in favour of human rights," said Vaccari.
"(He was) led away from the court in handcuffs like the worst of
terrorists. (It is) a disgrace," he continued, calling on Italy
to "react with diplomatic and institutional force".
"It is up to the government, to President Meloni and Minister
Tajani. Without any hesitation. Zaki's freedom in the name of
democracy and freedom," he concluded.
Separately, Pd Secretary Elly Schlein called on Tajani to report
to parliament on "this very serious injustice".
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