The West must reconsider its
relations with Egypt in light of the torture and murder of
Italian student Giulio Regeni earlier this year, The New York
Times said in an editorial out Friday. "A stalled investigation
into the abduction and murder of (Regeni) has forced at least
one of these countries, Italy, to reconsider its relationship,"
the paper wrote. "It is time for other Western democracies to
reconsider theirs". The paper added that "Italy has asked other
European governments to put pressure on Egypt. On Tuesday, the
British government finally called for 'a full and transparent
investigation' into Mr. Regeni's murder - but it did so only
after a petition signed by more than 10,000 people forced it to
respond. There has been shameful silence from France, whose
president, François Hollande, travels to Cairo on Monday to sign
a $1.1 billion weapons deal". Regeni, 28, was abducted in Cairo
on January 25 and his severely tortured body resurfaced in a
ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on February 3.
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