Trial requested for 4 Egyptian spies over Regeni murder
Friuli-born Cambridge student tortured to death in early 2016
20 Gennaio 2021
ROME, JAN 20 - Rome prosecutors on Wednesday
requested that four Egyptian intelligence-service officials be
sent to trial for the 2016 abduction, torture and murder of
Italian student Giulio Regeni in Egypt.
General Tariq Sabir and three subordinates, Athar Kamel Mohamed
Ibrahim, Uhsam Helmi, and Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif, are
accused of crimes that range from aggravated involvement in
homicide to kidnapping and grevious bodily harm.
Rome prosecutors say that Regeni was tortured for days,
resulting in acute physical suffering by being subjected to
kicks, punches, beaten with sticks and bats and cut with sharp
Content Note: This article contains references to state-enforced “disappearances”
Egypt’s public prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy has cleared four Egyptian security officials of involvement in the murder of former Cambridge doctorate student Giulio Regeni, as of yesterday (30/12).
The security officials – Tariq Saber, Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim, Capt Uhsam Helmi and Maj Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif – were indicted by Italian prosecutors earlier this month for alleged responsibility in the abduction, torture and murder of Regeni.
Regeni had moved to Cairo in September 2015 to conduct research for a doctoral thesis on independent trade unions, but disappeared on 25th January 2016, and was subsequently found dead nine days later on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, with his body showing “signs of torture” according to state paper
Rome slams Egypt s clearing of Regeni murder spies
Cairo PG rejection of Italy trial unacceptable says foreign min
31 Dicembre 2020
ROME, DEC 31 - Italy has rejected Egypt s clearing
of four Egyptian intelligence officers in the 2016 abduction,
torture and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni as unacceptable .
The foreign ministry said it deemed unacceptable Egyptian
Prosecutor General Hamada El-Sawy s assertion that the case was
unsolved, the suspects had yet to be identified, and the
expected trial in Italy of the four spies was unjustified .
The foreign ministry reiterated it had full confidence in the
work of the Italian judiciary and said that it will continue
Egypt says Regeni suspects still to be ID d
Rejects Rome s identification of four Cairo spies
30 Dicembre 2020
CAIRO, DEC 30 - Egypt s prosecutor general on
Wednesday said those suspected of abducting, torturing and
murdering Italian student Giulio Regeni in 2016 had yet to be
identified despite the completion of an Italian probe into four
Egyptian intelligence officers. Those responsible remain unknown, said a statement from the
PG s office.
It said the prosecutor, Hamada al Sawi, had instructed police to
keep looking for suspects.
Rome prosecutors said December 10 they
were ready to file charges against four Egyptian intelligence
service members for Regeni s murder.
The prosecutors sent notification of the closure of the probe to