Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready The new year brought with it the welcome news that three of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners have now been, or are set to be, released from prison. Former EIPR researcher Patrick Zaki, who was studying for his master’s in Italy, was freed on 8 December after 22 months in prison where he was held incommunicado, beaten and tortured by electric shock. Whilst in jail Rome granted him honoury Italian citizenship. Ola Qaradawi returned home on 31 December after being held in pretrial detention since 2017 and accused of being part of an illegal organisation in reference to the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. For two of the four years of her … Continue reading Egypt releases 3 prominent political prisoners. What about the 65,000 others?