Economic cooperation, immunity for security bodies supplant justice at close of Regeni investigations
Rome prosecutors may make the investigation public if Egypt does not cooperate, the sources say
In Italian law, defendants must be notified of their indictment to be tried in absentia
“2020 must be the year of truth, the year of Giulio Regeni.”
The trial had been suspended since July 2022
Egypt's parliament said the resolution violates the independence of its prosecution and judiciary.
The decision brings over six years of investigations conducted by Italy to an inconclusive end
The four Egyptian security personnel are accused in the kidnap and murder of the Italian PhD student
The trial will begin in absentia on October 14
The accused security officers will be tried in absentia in connection with Regeni's death
«Italy gave up the search for truth about a murder to reduce the influx of migrants»
«There is a move towards presenting 'business as usual' concerning relations with Italy in Egyptian media»
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