Opposition parties in the Senate yesterday called on the government to keep the spotlight on the search for truth in the death of Giulio Regeni, the Italian researcher who died in Egypt in January 2016. "We continue to demand truth and justice for Giulio Regeni. The circumstances of his death by murder, abduction and the torture he was subjected to for days are an open wound for the political and civil consciences of all Italians. We will not stop demanding truth and justice. We have filed a motion in Parliament to keep the spotlight on a bloody case of human rights violation," they wrote in their press note. "It is not possible to forget," the note continued, "nor to pretend that nothing has happened. The sentence uttered by Giulio's mother, 'I saw in my son's face all the evil in the world,' can never be forgotten". "We expect a full and adequate response from the Egyptian authorities. Attempts at disinformation in recent years have been numerous," the note continued, "Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, following the release, publicly stated that 'the issue of Giulio Regeni is not archived and we will continue to deal with it'. This is why we strongly urge the government to work bilaterally, as well as in all international fora, to ensure that the Egyptian government finally cooperates with the Italian judicial authorities, thus allowing the criminal proceedings involving four Egyptian officials to take place and finally arrive at a procedural truth that will bring justice to Giulio Regeni, his family and an entire country". Regeni was an Italian doctoral student at Cambridge University who was kidnapped in Cairo on January 25, 2016, and found lifeless the following February 3 near an Egyptian prison. The body showed obvious signs of torture. The four officers under investigation are reportedly unaccounted for because the Egyptian judiciary has not provided their residential addresses, nor has it allowed Italian magistrates to be present at the suspects' interrogations.
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