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Regeni's parents say they have called Sisi as a witness

Regeni's parents say they have called Sisi as a witness

Egyptian president will decide whether to testify says Tajani

ROME, 03 February 2025, 16:59

ANSA English Desk

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The parents of Giulio Regeni have called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to testify at a Rome trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officials accused of torturing their son to death in January-February 2016.
    Interviewed by TV talk-show host Fabio Fazio on his program Che tempo che fa on the Nove channel, Claudio Regeni and Claudia Deffendi said "we have called el-Sisi as a witness", speaking Sunday night on the eve of the anniversary of day the student's half-naked body was found in a ditch on the Cairo-Alexandria highway on February 3, 2016, a week after he disappeared on the Cairo metro on January 25.
    "That day, February 3, was tragic", the father said during the interview.
    "Now, we are waging this battle", he said of the trial.
    Giulio Regeni's mother said the legal battle involved "necessary pain" because "being part of the trial is a way to be with Giulio, of staying close to him".
    "The most painful thing is knowing that, if something had been done on time, for example a phone call by President el-Sisi, Giulio could have been saved".
    During the interview, the parents also said they hope el-Sisi will help them get back their son's clothes and personal effects.
    Regeni, 28, a Friuli-born Cambridge University doctoral researcher into Caito street unions, was allegedly abducted and tortured to death by National Security General Tariq Sabir and his subordinates, Colonels Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim and Helmi, and Major Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif, who are not attending the trial after Egypt refused to notify them of the proceedings.
    He was allegedly targeted because of the politically sensitive nature of his research, after a street seller union chief fingered him as an alleged spy.
    After recalling that "many people have been arrested and targeted" in Egypt for cooperating with the investigation into the student's death, Claudio Regeni and Claudia Deffendi said el-Sisi and his son Mahmoud have been called to testify at the next hearing with a notification "delivered though the embassy and the Facebook page of the Egyptian presidency", adding that el-Sisi's presence at the trial could represent an opportunity for them to be given back their son's personal effects, as promised.
    Meanwhile on Monday Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he was expecting for "light to be shed" on Regeni's case.
    "If President el-Sisi will decide to come" to testify it will be "his choice", noted the leader of Forza Italia (FI).
    Egypt has in the past advanced differing explanations for Giulio Regeni's death including a car accident, a gay lovers' tiff, and abduction and murder by an alleged kidnapping gang that was wiped out after Regeni's documents were allegedly planted in their lair.
    Lack of cooperation on the case by Egypt led to Rome's temporarily withdrawing its ambassador from Cairo.
    Successive Italian governments have been criticized by Regeni's parents for continuing to cooperate with Cairo on deals ranging from migration to oil finds and arms sales including two Italian-made frigates.
    El-Sisi has repeatedly promised to help Italy get to the truth about the murder.
   

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