The escalating tension between the Sīsī regime in Egypt and Italy continues, following successive developments in the case of the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, the latest of which was the emergence of a new witness announced by the Italian investigative body, condemning four men of the Egyptian security forces in his murder. In addition to the case of Patrick George Zakī, student at the Italian University of Bologna, who has been detained in Egypt for more than a year, following his arrest upon his return to Egypt on charges of spreading false news.