President Sergio Mattarella said
Friday "we don't want to and we must not forget (Giulio
Regeni's) passion and his life, which was so horribly snuffed
out".
University researcher Regeni, 28, was abducted, severely
tortured and murdered in Egypt earlier this year in
circumstances that remain unclear. "I especially appreciate your
decision to dedicate this year's edition to Giulio Regeni,"
Mattarella added in his message to a Schools for Peace,
Brotherhood and Dialogue Meeting taking place in Assisi.
Italy last Friday recalled its ambassador to Egypt for
consultations after the investigation into Regeni's death
stalled, with Egypt proffering unlikely versions of his death
that included a car crash, a gay lovers' quarrel, and a
kidnapping for ransom gone wrong.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's latest statement
on the matter is that "evildoers among us" were responsible for
the Regeni atrocity.
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