Foreign Affairs
Ten-Year Prison Sentences for Egyptian Officials in Kidnapping of Italian Researcher Regeni
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A court in Rome sentenced three Egyptian security officials in absentia to ten years in prison for the kidnapping of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, while acquitting a fourth suspect. The verdict follows the 2016 disappearance and murder of the Cambridge PhD student, who was investigating independent trade unions in Egypt. Although the more severe murder charge did not stand, the conviction marks a symbolic victory for Regeni’s family after years of diplomatic tension and legal battles between Italy and Egypt.
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