Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Egypt: Italian student ‘not arrested’ before murder
Research on unions cut short by brutal killing

EGYPT’S Interior Ministry denied yesterday that murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni had been arrested before his death.

The Cambridge PhD student from Fiumicello in north-east Italy disappeared in Cairo on January 25 on his way to a meeting.

His body was found dumped beside a road on February 3, bearing signs of torture.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
IN YOUTH WE TRUST: Supporters of the
Features / 26 March 2026
26 March 2026

Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT

Booker Omole. Credit: Gracemutheum
Features / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026

Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah stands in a cage during a verdict hearing for 21 people over an unauthorized street protest in 2013, in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, on February 23, 2015
North Africa / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025