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“The Italian government is urging Egyptian authorities to heighten cooperation with their investigations into the torture and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, whose body was found in a Cairo suburb on February 3. The pleas came after additional evidence supporting the theory that Regeni was tortured to death emerged on Monday, according to Italian coroners.”
“Regeni disappeared on January 25 – the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising against the regime of Hosni Mubarak – near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Security forces were deployed en masse across the country that day, and local media reported more than 150 opposition protesters were arrested.”
“Regeni was a PhD candidate at Cambridge University in London. He moved to Egypt in September to research and write his thesis under the supervision of a professor from the American University in Cairo (AUC).”
“His articles were generally critical of President Adel Fattah al-Sisi’s administration and his labor policies.”
Read more: With new evidence from Giulio Regeni autopsy, Italy exhorts Egypt to heighten cooperation
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