Hoda Nasrallah, lawyer for the Egyptian student of the University of Bologna Patrick Zaki, expressed the hope that the hearing scheduled for today in Cairo will end with his release.
"I hope he is released," he told ANSA, stating that, in the event, the release procedures would last from three to four days.
It would take long before his return to Mansoura.
"We are waiting, animated by the hope that reasons and rights will prevail over the measures adopted to date" and by the hope "that justice will be re-established in the sense of respect for the rights of the person and that maybe even today Patrick will be granted freedom" . Thus the rector of the University of Bologna Francesco Ubertini on the sidelines of the videoconference on the International History Festival, regarding the audience scheduled for today in Cairo on Patrick George Zaki. The Egyptian student from the University of Bologna has been in jail for eight months on charges that include subversive propaganda. "The soul - explains Ubertini about the hearing - is confident, in the knowledge that we will not lower our attention on Patrick until the matter is resolved. We will not tire. Our university and the city of Bologna are moving on perspectives long, they do not run 100 meters ". Many initiatives are being discussed, he anticipated, in particular with the Municipality, on how to give visibility to the many local administrations that have granted Patrick honorary citizenship.