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The Emergency State Security Misdemeanors Court in Mansoura sentenced Egyptian rights researcher Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison under the accusations of spreading false news, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). “We condemn the verdict issued today against researcher and academic Patrick George Zaki, sentencing him to three years in prison for his writings that shed light on the hardship and discrimination experienced by Coptic Christians in Egypt,” reads EIPR’s statement. Zaki was tried under…