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February 5, 2016

Egypt: Italian Student Found Dead with Signs of Torture
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In Egypt, an Italian Ph. D. student has been found dead, his body
half-naked and covered with apparent signs of torture. Giulio Regeni
went missing on January 25, the fifth anniversary of the revolution that
ousted Hosni Mubarak. He had reportedly written about Egyptian labor
unions for an Italian newspaper, using a pseudonym over safety concerns.
His body showed signs of cigarette burns and head injuries associated
with abuses by Egyptian security forces.


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