- Egypt, another 45 days of detention for Patrick Zaky. Amnesty: "Inhuman decision"
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July 14, 2020Mohamed Monir, an Egyptian journalist who was detained in the same prison as Patrick Zaky aTora, died in hospital yesterday after contracting Covid. Amnesty International reports. "A terrible news - says the spokesman Riccardo Noury - but not unexpected: in the Tora prison, where Patrick Zaky is located, he fell ill with Covid-19, and then died in hospital, a journalist who should never have set foot in a prison. The risk of contagion in prisons is very high. What is the Italian government waiting for to urge the release of Patrick? "Noury re-launched a statement by Sherif Mansour, of the Committee to Protect Journalists: "We are extremely concerned about the death of journalist Mohamed Monir after spending over two weeks unnecessarily detained in pre-trial detention in the well-known Tora prison in Cairo." he said. "The Egyptian authorities must release journalists imprisoned for their work, because even short detentions during the Covid-19 pandemic can mean a death sentence."