Mehdi Zare Ashkzari , the young man who died in Iran after twenty days in a coma following torture , was just over 30 years old . In the past he had studied Pharmacy in Bologna , where he had also worked in a pizzeria to support his studies. Two years ago he returned home.
"He was tortured so much, to the point that after 20 days in a coma he died ," said Riccardo Noury, spokesman for Amnesty International Italy . The young man was allegedly released after the beatings to avoid feeling ill while in his cell, but immediately fell into a coma.
Patrick Zaki , the Egyptian student of the University of Bologna who was arrested in his homeland on 7 February 2020 until 8 December 2021 and is still on trial for crimes of opinion, expressed his opinion on the case: «The new year begins with this news to give us a warning about human rights violations occurring in the Swana region and especially in Iran. Unibo now has a new victim of freedom of expression. Unfortunately, this time, it was too late to save him. All my condolences to his family and to us on this great loss."
(Unioneonline/vf)
