The parents of Italian researcher Giulio Regini, killed in Cairo in February 2016, met with Italian investigators on Wednesday in Rome, who presented Regini\u2019s parents a copy of investigations recently sent by the Egyptian authorities on the case.<\/p>\n
The Italian news agency ANSA quoted sources as saying that the documents did not include convincing evidence of the torture and murder of the Italian researcher in Cairo.<\/p>\n
According to ANSA, Laura Boldrini, speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, received Ambassador Giampaolo Cantini on Thursday, who Italy decided to send to Cairo on September 14. The return of the ambassador was cited as progress, on the part of Egyptian authorities, in the Regini investigation.<\/p>\n
The Italian government summoned its ambassador to Cairo following Regini\u2019s death due to lack of cooperation by Egyptian authorities.<\/p>\n
Regini\u2019s parents rejected the appointment decision of a new ambassador to Cairo as \u201cno tangible progress in the case has been achieved so far\u201d, ANSA reported.
\nRegini, a 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD candidate, disappeared on January 25, 2016 in central Cairo as police came out in full force in anticipation of protests. His body, bearing signs of torture, was found later along the side of the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road.<\/p>\n
Regini was researching street vendor trade unions, a sensitive political issue in Egypt, where successive governments have feared strikes and unrest. Egypt has forcefully denied that its police were involved in his abduction.<\/p>\n
Police officials at first suggested Regeni might have died in a road accident. The Egyptian police issued scant information about their investigation. An Italian autopsy showed that Regeni\u2019s body was covered with cuts and his bones were broken, indicating he had been hit with \u201cfists, batons and hammers\u201d.<\/p>\n
A letter \u201cX\u201d was carved on his forehead and hand, according to the report cited by Italian media. Egypt-Italy relations have deteriorated since Regeni\u2019s murder.
\nItaly withdrew its ambassador to Egypt over the slow process and stilted investigations into Regeni\u2019s brutal murder, which experts and officials widely believe was the work of the state \u2013 despite staunch denials by Egypt\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
Egypt has pledged to bring Regeni\u2019s killers to justice, and Egyptian and Italian investigators have held regular meetings in Rome. Italian officials stated that they have received all the requested evidence \u2013 such as phone records \u2013 but more than a year after, Regini\u2019s murder remains unsolved.<\/p>\n
Edited Translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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