Noury ​​(Amnesty): “Zaki model of rights defender”

“I am proud of his resistance and his courage and incredibly amazed because Patrick Zaki has never failed to think about Italy, to take care of other prisoners, he is a model of rights defender that we all admire”. Riccardo Noury, spokesman for Amnesty International, said this to Adnkronos, commenting on the release of Patrick Zaky. “The images coming from Egypt – he says – of smiles and hugs that we have been waiting for for 22 months are filling us with enormous emotion. He has regained his freedom, albeit temporarily, we hope it will become permanent”. But what was the hardest moment for Riccardo Noury? “Certainly the period in which, due to the pandemic, not only the visits were suspended but for him there was an enormous risk of contracting the virus, given that he is asthmatic. And also those 70 days between one hearing and another of the trial. The hearing on Monday also arrived, 70 days after the postponement and it seemed that they would never end “. The two have not yet spoken. “No, for now we leave him alone, Patrick must recover – says Noury ​​- in the next few days, even indirectly, we will see. Now it is important that he rest”.