Despite many years of searching, investigating and tracking, the end was the failure of the Egyptian authorities to reach the murderer of the Italian researcher, Giulio Regeni, who was killed about 5 years ago after he was subjected to horrific torture.

According to the Egyptian Public Prosecution, in a statement issued on Monday, his killing remained a mystery, and the security and intelligence services could not reveal its mysteries or reach a single thread leading to the perpetrator, and the prosecution ended the matter temporarily closing the case although it will continue its investigation operations to reach the perpetrators of the crime, according to what he says Statement.

On the other hand, the Italian prosecution announced its intention to end the investigations into the incident by suspicion of 5 individuals belonging to the security services, considering this as individual actions on the part of these persons, without any connection to any government agencies or institutions, despite the reservation of their Egyptian counterpart.

Representative Michael Peras in the Italian Parliament expressed his rejection of the statement of the Egyptian prosecution, and confirmed in a statement to Al Jazeera Net that "the public opinion in Italy cannot accept the statement."

Perras pointed out that "what was announced is not a result, but rather a drama that conceals the heavy responsibilities of the Egyptian regime, and the climate of oppression that was born in the country after the military coup."

The Italian researcher, Giulio Regeni, was killed in 2016, after he disappeared on January 25, and his body was found in early February of the same year, but the Egyptian authorities denied that members of their police were involved in his death.

On March 25, 2016, the Egyptian police announced that they had killed 5 people whom they had officially accused of kidnapping and killing Regeni, an incident that raised questions that the police had not arrested them instead of killing them, while the police in turn responded saying that they were keen to arrest them but that they initiated the shooting and responded At them, killing them all.

The Sisi regime did not survive

Regarding the implications of the announcement of the "Prosecutor of the Republic in Rome" to end the investigations into the incident with the suspicion of 5 individuals belonging to security services, the Italian parliamentarian explained that "Rome's insistence on bringing the suspects to trial means one simple thing, that Rome is looking for justice for a young citizen without mistakes or crimes, because He was only fighting for the rights of an oppressed people. "

And whether the statement means that the Egyptian authorities have evaded involvement in the death of Regeni by indicating that the five suspects did them individually, without any connection to any Egyptian government agencies or institutions, Mikelie Peras confirmed, "We are not naive, we know exactly what are the links between the regime." And his staff. "

Pires added, "Italy is not the latest arrival in the world. We have services and information, even if we are democrats and Egypt is not. So I can say that the Sisi regime has not escaped anything."

On the other hand, a statement issued by Regeni's family said that the meeting that took place between the Italian public prosecutor and his Egyptian counterpart was part of a series of "fruitless" meetings, and that the family over the past years had suffered "wounds and outrage due to the actions of the Egyptian side."

Media doubts

The Egyptian journalist Saeed Mohamed, residing in Italy, questioned the accuracy of the joint statement, saying that "the meeting took place via video conference between the Italian General Prosecutor Michel Prestipino and the Egyptian General Prosecutor, Hamada Al-Sawy, and no Italian statement was issued except that the investigations ended and did not reach anything new, as he denied. Egypt claims that the evidence is insufficient.

Regarding the next steps, he explained in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net that within two days the Italian prosecutor will send a memorandum to the competent court, and lawyers will be assigned to defend the accused, and a memorandum will be sent to the Egyptian embassy in Rome, because it is the representative of the Egyptian government, and if the five defendants are convicted, a warrant will be sent to Interpol to stop them.

The Egyptian media, residing in Italy, stated that Rome has enough evidence and witnesses to bring the five accused to trial, noting that the temporary closure of the case indicates the involvement of official Egyptian authorities that were behind their incitement to kill Regeni, and it is unacceptable to claim that his killing was individually. What argument was it? Between him and the accused ?!

Crisis despite everyone's nose

For his part, the Egyptian political activist in Italy, Muhammad Al-Zayat, indicated that there are 3 obstacles to accessing justice, the first being that the authority responsible for investigating the case is the Egyptian authority and it is often involved in the matter.

The second is that the case affects prominent figures in the Egyptian regime.

And the third is the nature of the strong strategic and economic relations between Egypt and Italy.

The political activist added in a statement to Al-Jazeera Net that the Italian government also wants to close the file and settle it in a manner acceptable to the public opinion, and from here the level of accusation (Italian) was reduced to 5 officers, but the Egyptian system cannot hand over suspects to the Italian government for security reasons.

But Al-Zayyat considered that the exclusion of pointing the finger of accusation in the joint Egyptian-Italian statement to any Egyptian governmental bodies or institutions, and the admission that what happened was an individual act, is a gain for the Egyptian authority, but it is not sufficient and even unconvincing to the public opinion in Italy.

under test

On the human rights level, the Executive Director of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, Heba Hassan, questioned the validity of the approval of the Prosecutor in Rome that the accusation was limited to only 5 people, saying, "This expression raises questions about its validity, as the Italian Attorney General previously stated before a parliamentary committee that Egyptian officials made up false stories to deflect the investigation. "

In her interview with Al-Jazeera Net, she indicated that the expression of the Egyptian prosecution regarding the announcement of the “Prosecutor of the Republic in Rome” its intention to end investigations into the incident by suspicion of 5 individuals belonging to security services with their individual actions, without any connection to any Egyptian government agencies or institutions, only appeared on the Public Prosecution page. Egyptian so far.

And the Egyptian human rights defender added, if the expression is correct, then it indicates the existence of Egyptian political pressure to reduce the consequences of this case and its impact on the relations between the two countries, and perhaps the tendency to close its investigations towards individual accusations, far from being considered a state crime and proving killing inside the security services and by their decision.

She attributed the credit for the continuation of the case to the increase in internal pressure on the Italian government by Regeni's mother and the solidarity of the opposition and civil society organizations, despite what appeared in previous years that she was deliberately ignoring and procrastinating in parallel with the Egyptian regime's endeavor to overcome the incident, whether with arms deals or commercial relations, and others.