How the disappearance of Giulio Regeni in Egypt sparked a diplomatic war between Italy and Egypt

Suspected of fermenting rebellion, Italian student Giulio Regeni was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo on the 4th anniversary of Arab Spring. It took over half a decade for the truth to come out but not before an all-out diplomatic war erupted between the two close trading partners.

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Egytian Streets
Egypt Prosecutor Says Killed ‘Gang Members’ and Giulio Regeni ‘Not Connected’; March 24, 2016

Jadaliyya
Giulio Regeni: Scattered Facts; Ahmed Ragab and Mustafa al-Marsafawi; March 07, 2016

Time
What the Murder of an Italian Student Says About Egypt's Security State; Jared Malsin; April 10, 2016

BBC
Giulio Regeni: Egypt airs video of murdered Italian student; Jan 24, 2017

New York Times
Outrage Over an Italian Student’s Murder in Egypt; Feb 11, 2016
Why Was an Italian Graduate Student Tortured and Murdered in Egypt?; Declan Walsh; Aug 15, 2017

La Repubblica
Regeni, the new super-witness: "An officer confessed to me the kidnapping"; Carlo Bonini and Giuliano Foschini; May 04, 2019

The Wall Street Journal
Italy Summons Egyptian Ambassador Over Death of Student in Cairo; Giada Zampano; Feb 06, 2016
An Italian Student Was Murdered in Egypt. Italy Says It Has Solved the Mystery; Margherita Stancati and Jared Malsin; Dec 14, 2020

The Times
Giulio Regeni: Italian student killed in Egypt ‘was tortured as spy’; Tom Kington; May 06, 2019
Egyptian security officials to face trial over torture and murder of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni; Tom Kington; Nov 23, 2020

Middle East Eye
How the Giulio Regeni murder case could become a trial of Sisi's regime; Barbara Bibbo; Dec 16, 2020

Al-Jazeera- The Listening Post
The murder of Giulio Regeni and the politics of the coverage; 20 Apr 2016