New slap from the Egyptian authorities to Italy where they are trying to get to the truth about the death of Giulio Regeni. In recent days, it has emerged in the hearing of the trial against four 007s accused of kidnapping, tortured and killed the Friulian researcher, the Farnesina sent one to the prosecutors of Rome note from the General Prosecutor’s Office of Cairo which states that it is “impossible to execute requests for legal assistance” to do listen to four Egyptian witnesses in the trial.
The deputy prosecutor, Sergio Colaiocco, had in fact four witnesses were summoned for Wednesday’s hearing: among them also the trade unionist Said Abdallah, the coordinator of a Center for Economic and Social Rights, Hoda Kamel Hussein and Rabab Ai-Mahdi, Regeni’s tutor in Cairo. In light of theyet another refusal by the Cairo authoritiesthe Capitoline Prosecutor’s Office has asked the Court of Assizes to be able to acquire the testimonies of the “absent” witnesses collected during the investigations. “We are in the presence of people who did not freely choose not to be here. We tried them all to bring the texts here”, the prosecution representative explained before the Court of Assizes.
For Giulio’s parents, who were present in the Rebibbia bunker classroom, “despite all the efforts made by the prosecutor’s office and despite the formal requests that were made by the Farnesina, it was Egyptian obstructionism is undeniable That seems insurmountable at this point – they commented through their lawyer, Alessandra Ballerini – An obstructionism which, also according to the arguments we heard from the public prosecutor, is completely illegitimate. So the problem is Egyptian obstructionism.”
In its own way the street vendor unionist AbdallahThat betrayed Regeni “selling it” to the Egyptian secret services, was the protagonist of the hearing. In the courtroom he was, in fact, the video of the meeting was shown, which occurred on January 7, 2016, between him and Giulio. A film, over two hours long, taken from a hidden camera that had been positioned by the secret services on the trade unionist’s shirt.
A dialogue, voiced by Stefano Accorsi And Pif, in which Abdallah insistently asks for information on Regeni’s activity, on the 10 thousand pound project financed by the British Antipode foundation and on the role of the Friulian researcher. “What would this proposal be – says Abdallah – I don’t understand what it is about.
The only thing I understand is that there is 10 thousand pounds. We need to be careful so as not to end up in prison.” Regeni explains that the money can be “invested in some project, any non-governmental project but entrusted to private individuals. I want the syndicate to be able to make money and I am only in Egypt for research and I don’t decide on the money.” The video ends with Abdallah calling one of the 007s, accused in the trial. “I spoke to the boy, I afraid that the video might be deleted – he states – tell me what to do. I’m coming to you.”
The Egyptian security apparatus they were, however, on Regeni’s trail for days already compared to that meeting. TO mid-December 2015 members of the services had acquiredmaking a copy of it, his passport. When Onofrio Panebianco, colonel of the ROS, was heard as a witness, he stated that “two witnesses spoke about the acquisition. In that same period, in addition to the document – the witness said – the apparatus had acquired a copy of the project on which the Friulian researcher was working” .
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