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Italian court convicts three Egyptian officials over Regeni kidnapping

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A Rome court convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia of kidnapping Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher who disappeared in Cairo in 2016 and was later found dead. The Associated Press reported the court sentenced them to 10 years. The verdict came after a decade-long Italian effort to hold someone accountable for Regeni's killing.

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Sources: Italian court convicts three Egyptian officials over Regeni kidnapping · News Unframed