Global Politics Report Editorial

Italian court convicts three Egyptian agents for kidnap of Giulio Regeni

Defendants were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison over the 2016 fatal abduction of the Cambridge scholar.

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Source: Al Jazeera

Politics desk: Court

Published: Sep. 28, 2026 at 03:45 PM ET

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Original source: Al Jazeera