Published date: 16 December 2020 10:44 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago
If justice is delivered for Regeni in Italy, it could be delivered - at least symbolically - to all victims of the regime
Activists demonstrate in Turin, Italy, on 25 January, marking the fourth anniversary since the disappearance and subsequent murder of Giulio Regeni (AFP)
Four Egyptian security officers, including a former general, will likely stand trial in absentia in Italy for the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni, Italian prosecutors said this week after a complex, five-year investigation.
Rome s chief prosecutor Michele Prestipino said they had collected “unequivocal and significant” evidence and testimonies that led to the indictment of the officers, despite Cairo’s lack of collaboration. While the Egyptian defendants will have several weeks to react to their indictment - which is unlikely, as Cairo has refused to provide the Italian judicia
Last modified on Fri 11 Dec 2020 13.26 EST
The number of people dying in Egyptian detention centres rose by a further 100 in 2020, taking the total number of deaths over 1,000 since the Egyptian dictatorship seized power in 2013, a new report says.
The report, The Giulio Regenis of Egypt, by the Geneva-based Committee for Justice, tracks deaths inside Egyptian prisons, official and unofficial detention centres since 2013, with a special focus on deaths that occurred from January to October 2020. The overall total has now reached 1,056.
Giulio Regeni was an Italian student and researcher whose body was found in Cairo on 3 February 2016, with signs of torture. Italy this week charged four members of the Egyptian security forces with his death.