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| Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt for talks about death of student | Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt for talks about death of student |
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| Italy has recalled its ambassador to Cairo in protest at the lack of progress in the investigation by Egyptian authorities into the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student whose high-profile case has raised diplomatic tensions between the two countries. | |
| The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, ordered Maurizio Massari to return to Italy, following two days of talks in Rome between Egyptian investigators and their Italian counterparts. | |
| “Based on those developments an urgent assessment of the most suitable measures was rendered necessary,” said a statement issued by the ministry on Friday. Massari will return to Rome for consultation and to discuss the way forward “to ascertain the truth about the barbaric murder of Giulio Regeni”, the statement said. | “Based on those developments an urgent assessment of the most suitable measures was rendered necessary,” said a statement issued by the ministry on Friday. Massari will return to Rome for consultation and to discuss the way forward “to ascertain the truth about the barbaric murder of Giulio Regeni”, the statement said. |
| Related: Why was he killed? Brutal death of Italian student in Egypt confounds experts | Related: Why was he killed? Brutal death of Italian student in Egypt confounds experts |
| Regeni’s body was found on a Cairo roadside on 3 February. A PhD researcher at Cambridge University, Regeni, 28, was working on labour unions when he disappeared on the 25 January anniversary of the Egyptian uprising. | Regeni’s body was found on a Cairo roadside on 3 February. A PhD researcher at Cambridge University, Regeni, 28, was working on labour unions when he disappeared on the 25 January anniversary of the Egyptian uprising. |
| Egyptian officials initially said he may have been killed in a traffic accident but autopsies carried out in Cairo and Rome showed Regeni had suffered extensive and prolonged torture before his death. | Egyptian officials initially said he may have been killed in a traffic accident but autopsies carried out in Cairo and Rome showed Regeni had suffered extensive and prolonged torture before his death. |
| Authorities in Cairo later suggested that Regeni had been killed by a criminal gang, which had hoped to force him to empty his bank account. But outside observers said the murder bears the hallmarks of a state-sponsored killing. | Authorities in Cairo later suggested that Regeni had been killed by a criminal gang, which had hoped to force him to empty his bank account. But outside observers said the murder bears the hallmarks of a state-sponsored killing. |
| Amid growing anger over the speed and direction of the Egyptian investigation, a team led by Cairo’s deputy prosecutor, Mostafa Soliman, travelled to Rome to present a 2,000-page dossier of their findings with Italian officials. | Amid growing anger over the speed and direction of the Egyptian investigation, a team led by Cairo’s deputy prosecutor, Mostafa Soliman, travelled to Rome to present a 2,000-page dossier of their findings with Italian officials. |
| The recall was widely seen in Italy as a sign that the meetings had failed to satisfy Italian authorities. | The recall was widely seen in Italy as a sign that the meetings had failed to satisfy Italian authorities. |
| Rome-based prosecutors have insisted that Egypt turn over records of Regeni’s cellphone use from the time of disappearance and other information, including surveillance camera video from the near the metro station where he was last seen. | Rome-based prosecutors have insisted that Egypt turn over records of Regeni’s cellphone use from the time of disappearance and other information, including surveillance camera video from the near the metro station where he was last seen. |
| The case has provoked indignation in Italy, where Regeni’s mother addressed parliament, and leading politicians have called for the truth about his death to be told. | The case has provoked indignation in Italy, where Regeni’s mother addressed parliament, and leading politicians have called for the truth about his death to be told. |
| Gentiloni set the tone for the meetings on Tuesday with a statement to the Italian senate and parliament, in which he warned Cairo against presenting “distorted or convenient truths”. | Gentiloni set the tone for the meetings on Tuesday with a statement to the Italian senate and parliament, in which he warned Cairo against presenting “distorted or convenient truths”. |
| The minister said he was ready to take “proportional” action if Egypt did not provide the requested evidence, comments Egypt’s foreign ministry described as complicating the situation. | The minister said he was ready to take “proportional” action if Egypt did not provide the requested evidence, comments Egypt’s foreign ministry described as complicating the situation. |