Campaigners, family and friends of murdered Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni took to the streets on the third anniversary of his death to demand justice for all of the thousands of people who have suffered forced disappearance and torture at the hands the security forces in Egypt. Giulio vanished in Cairo on 25 January 2016…
Three years ago, on 25 January 2016, Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni disappeared in Cairo while conducting fieldwork on the Egyptian independent trade unions. A few days later, his mutilated body was discovered, bearing the hallmarks of the kinds of abuse which is systematically carried by the Egyptian security services. Despite a long-running campaign led…
Friends and colleagues of murdered Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni gathered to protest at the Egyptian embassy with campaigners from Amnesty International and the UCU union on 2 February, marking the second anniversary of the discovery of his body. Giulio’s friend, journalist Laurie Blair spoke at the protest: Laurence Blair – comments outside Egyptian Embassy,…
Campaigners from Amnesty International and UCU gathered at the Egyptian embassy in London on 23 September to highlight the lack of progress in finding the perpetrators of the January 2016 murder and torture of Cambridge University graduate student Giulio Regeni amid continuing attacks on human rights activists in Egypt. The protest follows on from a…
Following successful meetings in London, Cambridge, Manchester and Warwick, new events have been added to the list of dates for the speaking tour organised by UCU and Egypt Solidarity Initiative in collaboration with Amnesty’s Truth for Giulio campaign. Kingston event – Truth for Giulio, Justice for Egypt’s Disappeared 29 March, 6pm, Kingston Students Union, Penrhyn…
A year after the disappearance, torture and murder of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, who vanished while doing research on independent trade unions in Cairo, Amnesty International and the lecturers union UCU have announced a joint national campaign to push for justice for Giulio and other victims of enforced disappearance in Egypt. Key campaign events…
Cambridge Amnesty activists and supporters from the town and University marked Human Rights Day with a protest in the town’s market square calling for Truth for Giulio Regeni and justice for Egypt’s disappeared. They were joined by Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, Alex Mayer MEP and Lewis Herbert, leader of Cambridge city council. Alex Mayer MEP…
by Carlotta Mingardi Seven months after the body of Giulio Regeni, the young Italian researcher from Cambridge, was found lifeless in Cairo, with evident signs of torture, Italian senator Luigi Manconi, Amnesty Italy and Giulio’s parents are calling on the Italian government to resist pressure from Egypt to restore full diplomatic relations. Italian civil society has also…
We’re joining Amnesty International’s campaign this weekend to mark 5 months since the disappearance of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni and the International Day for Victims of Torture on 26 June. Please join the Facebook event here for updates over the weekend. Cambridge 11am, Saturday 25 June, outside the Guildhall, https://www.facebook.com/events/1737837973097262/ Berlin 2pm, Saturday 25…
The annual congress of the University and College Union (UCU), representing over 110,000 academics and other higher and further education professionals across the UK, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion for a campaign to push for truth for murdered Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni and justice for all of Egypt’s disappeared. The motion…
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