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Italian Prosecutors Show Regeni Autopsy, Seek Sentencing Four Egyptians

6/24/2026

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Italian prosecutors displayed autopsy photographs of Giulio Regeni in court with his family’s consent.
They asked a Rome court to sentence four Egyptian officers, tried in absentia, for kidnapping, torture and murder.
The autopsy showed Regeni suffered days of conscious torture without sedation or relief.
The trial, suspended in 2021, resumed in February 2024 after Italy’s top court ruled Egypt’s lack of cooperation should not halt proceedings.

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Italian prosecutors displayed autopsy photographs of Giulio Regeni in court with his family’s consent.
They asked a Rome court to sentence four Egyptian officers, tried in absentia, for kidnapping, torture and murder.
The autopsy showed Regeni suffered days of conscious torture without sedation or relief.
The trial, suspended in 2021, resumed in February 2024 after Italy’s top court ruled Egypt’s lack of cooperation should not halt proceedings.