Cambridge University is to
set up a scholarship in the name of Giulio Regeni, the Italian
student tortured and murdered in Cairo while doing research for
the British university early in 2016, university press office
spokesman Angel Gurria told ANSA Thursday.
Gurria said the university was working on the initiative to
honour the PhD student who was doing research on Egyptian
streetseller trade unions when he was abducted.
The university had no comment Thursday on Wednesday's search
of the home and office of Dr Maha Abdelrahman, Regeni's former
supervisor.
An ANSA reporter was told only the press office was
authorised to speak on the matter, and invited to leave the
Alison Richard Building, where Abdelrahman's Department for
Politics and International Studies is located.
The university has been criticised in Italy for allegedly
being tight-lipped on the case.
Regeni was abducted on January 25, 2016, the heavily policed
fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled former strongman
Hosni Mubarak.
His tortured body was found on the road to Alexandria on
February 3.
Egyptian security forces, who are frequently accused of
brutally repressing opponents, have said they had no part in the
death of the Friuli-born researcher, whose work on trade unions
was politically sensitive.
In the search of Dr Abdelrahman's home and office, Rome
prosecutors seized a PC, pen drive, hard disk and cellphone.
Dr Abdelrahman reportedly told the prosecutors Tuesday Regeni
had freely chosen his PhD subject.
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