Dear all

Yes, of course there should be an academic petition. I do think it should be addressed to the Egyptian government, or to al-Sisi, as the Middle East Studies Association one is.

Are there members here from the University of Cambridge who can check out what the university is doing about it? Maybe they would like to head the petition?

In the UK, the University and College Union (trade union for academics) will definitely want to be involved. I would guess that Giulio was a member.

Then there is a balance between doing it very quickly and getting it into the newspapers or taking a little more time and getting some big-name signatories at the top. I would imagine, for example, that Noam Chomsky would sign if asked.

Thanks

Judith Watson
University of Brighton

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Subject: Re: In memory of Giulio Regeni

The Middle East Studies Association sent a letter urging investigation into Regeni's murder. Here it is:

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:48 AM, Davide Cirillo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Thank you, Ugo.
This is sad. Too much.
I think we as academics must take a stand in all this. What do you think critters to write a letter as in the case of the Erdogan's black list? Unfortunately in this case we cannot address the letter neither to the Egiptian government (which is also trying to deny the omicide) nor to the Italian one. Any suggestions?

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Davide Cirillo
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Il 05/feb/2016 00:20, "Ugo Rossi" <[log in to unmask]> ha scritto:

Yesterday, Giulio Regeni, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and an Italian national, has been found dead in Cairo, after having disappeared for eight days since January 25. His body had been clearly tortured.

Giulio was conducting fieldwork on the local economy and the trade unions in Egypt where he was a visiting researcher at the American University in Cairo.

A journalist of the Il Manifesto - an Italian leftwing newspaper - today has revealed that Giulio occasionally contributed articles to the newspaper using a pseudonym fearing persecutions by the authoritarian Egyptian government led by el-Sisi.

It is sad to notice that the University of Cambridge doesn't report anything about Giulio's death/assassination in the home page of its official website.

Both the Italian and the UK governments like other western governments have entertained good relationships - economic and political - with the government led by General Sisi since the coupe d'etat in 2013 and they are therefore morally responsible for the loss of Giulio.

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