Giulio Regeni's parents demand Italy recall Cairo ambassador
by Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Lorenzo Tondo in Pale from on (#4HJTN)
Family of researcher say Egypt is impeding investigation into Regeni's death
The family of Giulio Regeni, the Italian doctoral student who was murdered in Egypt in 2016, are demanding that Rome withdraw its ambassador to Cairo for a second time in response to what they say is Egyptian pressure on their lawyers and efforts to prevent investigation into their son's death.
"Enough is enough," Paola and Claudio Regeni said in a joint statement with their lawyer, Alessandra Ballerini. "The withdrawal of the Italian ambassador from Cairo can no longer be postponed."
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