Controversy over Italian student's murder threatens Egypt's tourism sector - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmed Hidji

Ahmed Hidji

Apr 17, 2016

An Egyptian activist holds a poster calling for justice to be done in the case of the recently murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX2A55T — An Egyptian activist holds a poster calling for justice to be done in the case of the recently murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, April 15, 2016. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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