What does the arrest of Patrick George Zaky tell us about the state of academic freedom?

Saipira Furstenberg on Debate, Patrick George Zaky, Egypt, academic freedom, researchers at risk, research security, Bologna

Nearly four years after the brutal murder of Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student conducting fieldwork in Cairo, the Egyptian authorities continue to repress intellectual life for both students, academics and activists.

The arrest and torture of the Egyptian graduate student and activists Patrick George Zaky, enrolled at the University of Bologna, reflect further erosion of

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Political Violence, Repression and Arbitrary Detention in Egypt: the case of Patrick George Zaky

Sevgi Doğan on Debate, Egypt, researchers at risk, research security, Giulio Regeni, Patrick George Zaky, Bologna

History repeats itself if you do not know how to draw lessons from it. Giulio Regeni was an Italian PhD student at the University of Cambridge who was kidnapped on 25 January 2016 in Cairo, on the 5th anniversary of Tahrir Square uprising. His tortured, mutilated and half-naked corpse was found in the Cairo-Alexandria »

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