A Rome judge on Monday accepted the
premier's office's request to be admitted as a civil plaintiff
in the criminal case against four Egyptian security officers for
the torture and homicide of Italian student Giulio Regeni in
Cairo in early 2016.
The preliminary hearings judge is set to decide whether accept a
prosecutor's request for the four to be indicted in their
absence.
On September 27 the Constitutional Court ended a stalemate on
the trial, ruling that it could proceed even though the officers
have not been informed of the proceedings against them, as Cairo
has refused to cooperate on the case.
Regeni, a 28-year-old Friuli born Cambridge University doctoral
researcher into Cairo street seller unions, was tortured to
death in Egypt between January 25 and February 3 2016.
His work on Egyptian trade unions was politically sensitive and
his body was so badly mutilated his mother only recognised him
by the tip of his nose.
Efforts to notify the four officers - National Security General
Tariq Sabir and his subordinates, Colonels Athar Kamel Mohamed
Ibrahim and Uhsam Helmi, and Major Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif
- have been unsuccessful since Egypt has not cooperated by
handing over their contact details and legal abodes.
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