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Italy distances Egypt from verdict over Giulio Regeni as opposition attacks
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opposition → distance → Regeni
Italy signalled on Tuesday it wanted to avoid a diplomatic rupture with Egypt after three Egyptian security officials were found guilty in absentia of the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, who was killed after his abduction.
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who → signal → abduction
Egypt has not been convicted, three people have been convicted," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, appearing keen to separate the verdict from Italy's broader relationship with Egypt.
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Tajani → convict → Egypt
Regeni, a 28-year-old postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University, vanished in the Egyptian capital on January 25, 2016.
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Regeni → vanish → January
His body was found almost a week later, with a post-mortem showing he had been extensively tortured.
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he → find → ?
Capping a decade-long quest for justice by Regeni's family, a Rome court on Monday found three senior Egyptian officials guilty of his abduction while acquitting a fourth defendant and dropping a murder charge against one of the group.
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officials → cap → group
Egypt refused to cooperate with the trial and did not reveal the whereabouts of the accused men, who have never responded to the charges.
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who → refuse → charges
Egypt itself has denied any state involvement in Regeni's death and has not commented on the court ruling.
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Egypt → deny → ruling
Italian prosecutors said Regeni had fallen foul of the state because his research involved the politically sensitive subject of independent trade unions.
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research → say → unions
Egypt initially said he died in a road accident and later blamed a criminal gang for the killing.
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he → say → killing
Elly Schlein, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, said Monday's ruling established responsibility at the highest levels of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's administration.
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ruling → say → administration
"From today nobody will be able to deny the responsibility of al-Sisi's regime," she wrote on Instagram, calling the judgment "historic" and accusing Egyptian authorities of trying "in every possible way" to obstruct the proceedings.
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she → deny → proceedings
Alessandra Ballerini, the Regeni family lawyer, urged the government to sever relations with Cairo.
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Ballerini → urge → Cairo
MENDING DIPLOMATIC TIES
However, since taking power in 2022, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sought to rebuild relations with al-Sisi after years of tensions over the Regeni case.
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Meloni → mend → case
Egypt is now a key partner for Italy on migration, energy security and efforts to stabilise North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
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Egypt → stabilise → Africa
The desire to improve bilateral ties was clear earlier this month, when Tajani travelled to Cairo to sign deals aimed at broadening cooperation, including a pact to strengthen joint efforts against people traffickers and irregular migration.
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Tajani → improve → traffickers
Angelo Bonelli, a leader of the opposition Greens and Left Alliance, said Tajani was trying to downplay the significance of Monday's ruling.
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Tajani → say → ruling
He accused the government of placing commercial and energy interests ahead of justice for Regeni.
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He → accuse → Regeni
"For this government, business dealings with Egypt and oil come before international law and justice," Bonelli said.
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Bonelli → come → law
Under Italian law, both the prosecution and the defence have the right to two levels of appeal before a ruling becomes definitive.
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ruling → have → appeal
Any extradition request would likely come only after the judicial process is exhausted, which might take years.
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which → come → years
"We'll see what happens on appeal and in the subsequent stages of the judicial process," Tajani said.
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Tajani → see → process
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