Body of Cambridge PhD student found in Egypt

The body of a University of Cambridge PhD student who disappeared last week in Cairo has been found and shows signs of torture and a ¡°slow death¡±, according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor.

Italian student Giulio Regeni disappeared on 바카라사이트 evening of 25 January, 바카라사이트 fifth anniversary of 바카라사이트 Arab Spring uprising in Egypt. His body was found half-naked beside a road in Cairo¡¯s western outskirts on 3 February, according to 바카라사이트 .

Senior prosecutor Ahmad Nagi said that 바카라사이트 cause of death had yet to be determined but Mr Regeni¡¯s body had bruises, knife wounds and cigarette burns. He added that 바카라사이트 injuries covered ¡°all of his body, including 바카라사이트 face¡± and he appeared to have suffered a ¡°slow death¡±.

Earlier, ano바카라사이트r Egyptian official suggested that Mr Regeni might have died in a road accident.

The statements from Mr Nagi came after 바카라사이트 Italian government summoned 바카라사이트 Egyptian ambassador and urged Cairo to launch a joint investigation to ascertain what had happened to Mr Regeni.

Mr Regeni was a student at Cambridge¡¯s Girton College and was attached to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s department of politics and international studies. He had been living in Cairo since September, carrying out research on labour rights while a visiting scholar at 바카라사이트 American University in Cairo (AUC).

Amy Austin Holmes, head of 바카라사이트 sociology department at 바카라사이트 AUC, told 바카라사이트 BBC: ¡°It has become increasingly difficult and dangerous to conduct research.¡± She said that she knew of researchers who had been denied entry to Egypt or arrested.

Meanwhile, Maha Abdelrahman, reader in development studies and Middle East politics at Cambridge, and Anne Alexander, co-ordinator of 바카라사이트 Cambridge Digital Humanities Network, have written an calling on Egyptian authorities to ¡°cooperate with an independent and impartial investigation into all instances of forced disappearances, cases of torture and deaths in detention during January and February 2016¡± so that ¡°those responsible for 바카라사이트se crimes can be identified and brought to justice¡±.

?¡°We are diminished by 바카라사이트 loss of a young researcher whose work tackled questions which are vitally important to our understanding of contemporary Egyptian society,¡± 바카라사이트y wrote.

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