EU Business School Updated Statement about the criminal complaint against Ahmed Zaki, student accused of over 50 sexual crimes
This is an updated statement regarding the actions
taken against Ahmed Zaki after collaboration with the collective @AssaultPolice
leading to Ahmed Zaki’s expulsion last week and the filing of a criminal
complaint at the Spanish police today.
Last Wednesday, July 1st at 10am CEST, online
allegations about Ahmed Zaki, were brought to our attention. Five hours later,
at 3pm CEST and after having assessed the situation, he was formally suspended.
Ahmed Zaki was an online student at EU Business School and in February 2020,
spent three weeks at the Barcelona campus.
During the next 48 hours, EU Business School's
management, department heads and outside council worked around the clock,
undertaking the necessary due diligence, liaising and responding to the EU
Community, communicating with all stakeholders and collaborating with the
appropriate parties and authorities. During this process, EU Business School’s
management also received documented formal complaints of online harassment from
some students.
Following the due process undertaken, EU Business
School's Board held an extensive meeting and was compelled to expel Ahmed Zaki
effective Friday at 1.15pm CEST.
On the morning of Saturday July 4th, an extremely
serious claim was posted anonymously on Instagram about an assault at EU
Business School. Immediately upon learning of this, EU Business School
collaborated with the collective @AssaultPolice and requested support from
outside council to liaise with Spanish Judicial Police. After further review
and collaboration, this claim was found to be false and retracted by
@AssaultPolice.
Nevertheless, today, EU Business School has gone
further in its actions and filed a criminal complaint with the Spanish police
in order to enable the justice system to fully investigate and uphold the law
for our community. In collaboration with @AssaultPolice, it has requested a
full enquiry to ensure that Ahmed Zaki is held responsible for his actions.
The safety of our students is our primary concern.
EU Business School opened a line for students who wish to have legal support
and formally file a complaint. Students can either contact the General Counsel
of EU Business School directly or reach out to our law firm Roca Junyent. The
contact details are below. Alternatively, @AssaultPolice has made resources
available, and we actively encourage any victim to contact them and come
forward.
EU Business School has been an inclusive and
international institution for the past 45 years. In this spirit, we reiterate that
we have a zero tolerance towards any such actions which are not only contrary
to our ethics but our core beliefs as an institution and as people.
We thank everyone for the hundreds of messages of
concern and support we have received and particularly @AssaultPolice whose work
and collaboration have been instrumental in this matter. We continue to support
our community globally.
For EU Business School, Carl Craen, Vice-President
& Managing director
