Italian authorities previously blocked arms exports to the Gulf states over fears they would be used to kill civilians in YemenItaly lifted a ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [ More … ]
On Wednesday, the Italian Senate agreed on granting exceptional Italian citizenship to the detainee in Egyptian prisons, Patrick George Zaki Zaki is a human rights advocate who has campaigned for the truth about the 2016 [ More … ]
Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their involvement in the Yemen conflict, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension. “Today I am [ More … ]
Ten years after the Arab Spring, the investigation of Giulio Regeni’s death offers a telling reminder of repression in the Middle East, according to a Bloomberg recent opinion. On the 10th anniversary of Tunisian fruit [ More … ]
Italy and Egypt are set to cut a major military deal, apparently disregarding tensions caused by the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo back in 2016, according to AL Monitor. Despite the differences [ More … ]
A prominent Italian journalist and historian has returned his Legion of Honor to the French Embassy to protest the awarding of the prize to Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Popular Italian journalist Corrado Augias has announced [ More … ]
Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they had wrapped up their investigation into the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016, and named four senior members of Egypt’s security forces as possible [ More … ]
Activists decry a $1.2bn arms sale of two frigates to Egypt even the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni near Cairo remains unresolved. Meanwhile, Regeni’s family feels ‘betrayed’ by Italy government over the move [ More … ]
Gender & Rights Researcher Patrick George Zaki, arrested on arrival at Cairo airport, tortured and sent to Public Prosecution after 24 hours of incommunicado detention according to EIPR Early on the morning of Friday, February [ More … ]
Egypt has been revealed as the tenth highest importer of arms, ammunitions and security information systems from Italy for 2018, according to a document issued by the Italian Foreign Ministry. The purchase of Italian arms [ More … ]
Letter from parents of Italian student murdered in 2016 urges Egyptian president to extradite suspects The parents of Giulio Regeni, the Italian student murdered in Cairo three years ago, have written to the Egyptian president [ More … ]
Italian doctoral student’s family seek truth about his torture and murder in early 2016 Three years after the disappearance, torture and murder of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt is stonewalling Italy’s efforts [ More … ]
Members of Egyptian national security agency listed as potentially responsible for killing the Italian student student Giulio Regeni Italian prosecutors have named several members of Egypt’s national security agency as suspects in the alleged [ More … ]
– Mahsoub is living in France for the last years and one of prominent figures opposing Sisi regime in Egypt – Human rights organizations call Italian authorities not to deport the Egyptian opposition figure – [ More … ]
Italian student ‘Regeni’ was killed by Egyptian security forces, yet no one was blamed Italy has let its ambassador take up his post in Cairo, citing on Monday progress by Egypt in the investigation of [ More … ]
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