Politics · Italy · 8 hrs ago
Regeni family asks Egypt to pay €500,000 ordered by court
Giulio Regeni’s family has asked Egypt to pay €500,000 awarded to them by an Italian court.
The court ordered €200,000 each for Regeni’s parents and €100,000 for his sister as advances on damages.
The payments can be enforced before the case reaches a final judgment, but the family says Egyptian authorities must cooperate.
Regeni, an Italian researcher, was abducted in Cairo in 2016.
Three Egyptian security agents received 10-year sentences for the abduction, while a fourth defendant was acquitted; the court did not convict them of murder.
The family’s lawyers wrote to Egypt’s ambassador in Rome, recalling his promise to respect any court decision, but the letter has received no reply so far.
The family is seeking the ambassador’s help to secure payment while the court’s final judgment and the full amount of damages remain pending.
The family of Giulio Regeni has asked Egypt’s ambassador in Rome to help secure payment of €500,000 awarded to them by a Rome court.
The court ordered immediately enforceable provisional payments of €200,000 each to Regeni’s parents and €100,000 to his sister.
The family’s lawyers say the payments do not require waiting for a final judgment, but Egyptian authorities’ cooperation is needed to enforce the ruling.
The letter to the ambassador has received no response so far.
Italy’s government has said it will wait until the third and final level of appeal before beginning procedures with Egyptian authorities.
- Who
- Regeni’s parents, Paola and Claudio, and sister Irene are seeking payment from Egypt.
- What
- They asked Egypt’s ambassador in Rome to help enforce €500,000 in provisional payments ordered by a court.
- When
- The request was reported on October 19, 2026. The letter was sent more than two weeks earlier, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano.
- Where
- The request was sent to the Egyptian ambassador in Rome. The court ruling was issued by the Rome Court of Assizes.
- Why
- The family wants the immediately enforceable payments carried out without waiting for a final judgment.
Regeni family
Italian government
Timing of payment
Regeni family
The family says the provisional payments are immediately enforceable and is seeking action now.
Italian government
The government says it will wait for the third level of judgment before starting procedures with Egyptian authorities.
Diplomatic approach
Regeni family
The family has contacted Egypt’s ambassador and asked him to facilitate enforcement.
Italian government
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said ending diplomatic relations with Egypt would create greater difficulties.
Giulio Regeni was abducted in Cairo, according to the court account reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The Rome Court of Assizes issued its ruling, sentencing three Egyptian intelligence agents to 10 years and ordering provisional payments to the family.
The family’s lawyers sent a letter to Egypt’s ambassador in Rome seeking help to secure payment.
The family’s request was reported, with the letter still unanswered.
- Family’s provisional payment
- €500,000
- Father’s provisional payment
- €200,000
- Mother’s provisional payment
- €200,000
- Sister Irene’s provisional payment
- €100,000
- Payment to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
- €150,000
- Convictions
- Three Egyptian intelligence agents sentenced to 10 years each
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What people are saying
We chose to send a certified email to the Egyptian ambassador in Italy
I am not among those who think that closing diplomatic relations with Egypt helps solve the problem; rather, it creates greater difficulties.
active intervention to facilitate the enforcement of the ruling
cooperation that was not particularly fruitful