Reuters Egypt says murdered Italian student's bag found with gang Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Thursday that security forces had retrieved a bag and passport belonging to murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni that was in the possession of a criminal gang impersonating policemen who had been killed in a shootout. Human rights groups have said torture marks on Regeni's body, which was dumped on the side of the road, indicated he died at the hands of Egyptian security services, an allegation the government has strongly denied. Regeni, 28, disappeared on Jan. 25, the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ended former president Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-regeni-idUSKCN0WQ2IK The New York Times Egypt Continues Crackdown on Groups Documenting Government Abuse The Egyptian authorities pressed ahead Thursday with a case against the founders of two prominent human rights organizations, part of a crackdown on civil society organizations that have documented government abuse. The accusations against the founder of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Hossam Bahgat, and Gamal Eid, the founder of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, include charges of illegally receiving foreign funding and appear to be a continuation of a criminal investigation brought in 2011 against foreign groups operating in Egypt. Officials have threatened to expand the prosecution of Egyptian nongovernmental organizations for more than two years; Thursday's hearing is the latest indication that the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi intends to follow through. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/world/middleeast/egypt-continues-crackdown-on-groups-documenting-government-abuse.html?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=ls&utm_campaign=PPkX79/c*b0&utm_content=357585&utm_term=177&siteID=PPkX79_c.b0-YcPvRwgK.2QWZiJYUbYPKg&_r=0
