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True for Jules Regeni, freedom to Patrick Zaki |. The names of the Cambridge University PhD student and the University of Bologna student are contained in resolution passed of the European Parliament, which calls on the entire European Union for a “strong reaction” on the now continuous violations of human rights in Egypt. The text was approved by 434 votes in favor, 49 against and 202 abstentions. All Italians who participated in the vote gave the green light to the resolution calling on Brussels and national governments to use all available tools, including therefore sanctions, to respond to serious violations.
Sanctions instead of honors
The “range” of possible European reactions certainly includes restrictive measures against high-level Egyptian officials responsible for the most serious violations. The Chamber also calls on EU countries to refrain from recognizing political leaders responsible for human rights violations, as happened recently with the awarding of the Legion of Honor in favor of the Egyptian president. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel macron. A gesture, that of the Elysee, which also provoked strong indignation in Brussels.
Deliver Regeni’s Assassins to Italy
The approval of the text was immediately accepted by the president of the European Parliament David sassoli, who wrote on Twitter: “We want the truth for Giulio Regeni and for the murderers to be handed over to the Italian authorities”, but also “for Patrick Zaki to be free to embrace his family again.” “Today the European Parliament said to Egypt: no compromise on truth, justice and human rights,” the president concluded.
The truth as an imperative duty
According to the European Parliament, the search for the truth is an “imperative duty of the national institutions and the EU”, called upon to take the necessary diplomatic actions to guarantee this burden. The MEPs refer to the announcement by the Rome prosecutor on December 10 that exposed the evidence about the participation of four agents of the Egyptian state security forces in the kidnapping and murder of Giulio Regeni, despite the obstacles to the investigation by part of the Egyptian authorities. Therefore, the deputies called on the EU to urge Cairo to cooperate and provide the residence addresses of the four investigated officers, as required by Italian law, and have expressed “political and human support” for the Regeni family in their search for the truth.
Free Zaki
About Patrick Zaki | – the young student detained in Tora prison and accused of subversive propaganda, incitement to protest and incitement to terrorism – the European Parliament recalls that his detention lasted constantly for the last 10 months, the last time on December 6, 2020 for more than 45 days in prison. Therefore, the deputies call for the immediate and unconditional release of Zaki and the withdrawal of all charges against him, in addition to the implementation of a firm, swift and coordinated diplomatic reaction by the EU.
