Almost 10 years after the researcher's death, the sentence from the Court of Assizes arrived. The parents spoke of a well-placed faith in justice despite no convictions for the murder. And they recalled Sergio Mattarella's words on truth and justice. The Ballerini family's lawyer: "The government is demanding compensation"
They listened to the sentence without revealing emotions with Irene, Giulio's sister, who at a certain point took their father Claudio by the arm. The Regeni family experienced the reading of the sentence of the Rome Assize Court which condemned three Egyptian 007s, acquitting a fourth, with the usual dignity that characterized every step of the long battle that for 10 years the researcher's parents waged "with their bare hands" against the wall of silence in Cairo.
The family's lawyer: "This is still a victory"
This is why the judges' decision still remains a victory. Even though there are no convictions for the murder. "Now our government will also have to take note of it, claim compensation for the damage as requested by the state attorney's office and break relations with a country that, far from being safe, tortures and kills even the citizens of so-called friendly states", the invitation launched by their lawyer, Alessandra Ballerini, while together with Giulia's parents and sister she left the judicial citadel in Piazzale Clodio. "This, as Calamandrei would say, is the joy and faith of the jurist and it is also ours and that of all the people who have accompanied and supported us in this tiring path of justice - added the lawyer -. We will always be grateful to the prosecutor's office and the investigators for their tireless work and to Giulio, who has done things today too".
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Yellow t-shirts in the classroom
Lots of people in the courtroom, many wearing the yellow t-shirt which has become a symbol of this very long judicial process which lasted almost 10 years. "Few would have bet that we would get to a trial and then a sentence. This is already a victory", the lawyer said as soon as she arrived in court. Then, after the sentence, it was the parents who reiterated the concept. "It is clear that the reasons will have to be read, but today we know that our faith in justice has been well placed. - said the family through the lawyer - From today all citizens of the world can feel safer, from tonight all the regimes of the world and their apparatus, their uniforms, will be forced to remember that the dignity of people is inviolable as well as their bodies".
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The reference to Mattarella's words
The family also cited Sergio Mattarella's sentence sent to his parents on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death. "Truth and justice must not lend themselves to compromise, not only to protect the legitimate expectations of family members, but to safeguard the founding principles of our constitutional system", said the Head of State. "Today these words have found concreteness - they added - in a sentence issued in the name of the Italian people which constitutes a defense for all the Julius and Julians of the world. And it is this defense that we have always asked for and invoked. Beyond the individual sentences, it is clear that the evidentiary system supported by the prosecutor's office has passed the scrutiny of the Court".
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