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Three Egyptian Officials Convicted of Kidnapping Slain Italian Student
Original: 3 Egyptian Officials Convicted of Kidnapping Slain Italian Student https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/world/europe/italy
An Italian court has convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia of kidnapping Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge doctoral student tortured and killed in Egypt in 2016. The verdict is the first judicial outcome in a case that strained relations between Italy and Egypt for years and has drawn attention from human rights groups and Italian media.
Why now: The long-awaited verdict in the Regeni case is a major development in a diplomatic dispute between Italy and Egypt that has lasted nearly a decade.
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- 3 Egyptian Officials Convicted of Kidnapping Slain Italian Student https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/world/europe/italy-egypt-giulio-regeni-verdict.html # WorldNews # Justice # HumanRights · nyt_world@robot.villas · 2
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