Giulio Regeni: Cambridge Uni plaque marks eighth anniversary of murder

A plaque has been unveiled to mark eight years since a Cambridge University student was murdered while carrying out research in Egypt.

Giulio Regeni, 28, was abducted on 25 January 2016 in Cairo. The body of the Italian national was found in a ditch nine days later on 3 February.

His Cambridge college, Girton, unveiled a plaque in a private ceremony.

Four Egyptian officials accused of his murder, are expected to face trial in Rome next month, the college said.

Mr Regeni was researching Egypt's independent trade unions for a doctorate when he disappeared.

An Italian post-mortem examination found he had been tortured "in stages" between his abduction and the day of his death.

Girton College has marked the anniversary of his death every year, but now a permanent plaque has been installed.

It states he was "a promising scholar" and that Mr Regeni was "committed to principles of justice and liberty" and "his death is mourned in this community and his memory honoured".

It ends with the phrase "Giustizia per Giulio" - Italian for "justice for Giulio".

The college said: "The plaque offers a space in Girton College in which colleagues and friends of Giulio may pay their respects and remember Giulio."

The Mistress of Girton, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, said: "The loss of Giulio continues to cast a dark shadow over all those who knew him.

"Giulio was a passionate researcher with a deep sense of justice who had his whole life ahead of him before it was cruelly ended in Cairo.

"Justice has yet to be done. We will never stop remembering Giulio."

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