Date of source: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Yesterday, al-Mansūra Misdemeanor Court ordered the release of researcher and human rights activist Patrick George Zakī. The court postponed Zakī’s trial until February 1, because the defense’s arguments still need to be heard.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
The Egyptian government still remains silent about developments in the case of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, after an Italian court setting a session on 14th October to start the trial in the absence of four Egyptian officers accused of kidnapping and torturing Regeni in early 2016.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2021
The escalating tension between the Sīsī regime in Egypt and Italy continues, following successive developments in the case of the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, the latest of which was the emergence of a new witness announced by the Italian investigative body, condemning four men of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio reinstated his country's determination to find the "truth" about the killing of researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt.
“We will never be able to retreat on a search for the truth about the barbaric murder of Guilio Regeni” Di Maio said.
Date of source: Friday, December 18, 2020
On December 18, the European Parliament voted on a resolution on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt. The EU Parliament demanded that Egyptian authorities immediately release 25 detainees and cooperate with Italy over the murder case of Italian student Giulio Regeni. It also...
Date of source: Monday, November 30, 2020
Joint investigations into the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni between Egypt and Italy, which have been going on for over four years, have temporarily come to a halt.
Regeni was a graduate student at the University of Cambridge, conducting doctoral research in Cairo. He then disappeared,...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Public prosecutor Ḥamāda al-Ṣāwī announced the formation of a new investigation team tasked with looking into the case of the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni. The announcement was made via a statement issued by the prosecutor-general on Wednesday. The new team is to go through the files in...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The Egyptian government is trying to renew funding for financial, technical, and training aide from different European Union countries to train African counties in modern ways to prevent illegal immigration and develop security, legal, intelligence, and social cooperation with the victims. These...
Date of source: Saturday, February 8, 2020
On Friday, the Egyptian security forces arrested the researcher Patrick George Zaki [Pātrīk Jūrj Zakī] at Cairo Airport after he had flown there from Italy. Following his arrest, he disappeared until Saturday afternoon when he stood before the al-Manṣūra prosecution in al-Daqhaliyyah governorate.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2017
The New York Times Magazine published a detailed report about the torture and murder of ItalianPhD student Giulio Regeni who focused in his study on Egyptian street vendors’ union, “hoping to assess their union’s potential to drive political and social change.” He disappeared on the 25th of January...