- Giulio Regeni was born on 15 Jenuary 1988;

- Regeni's mutilated and half-maked corpse was found near the Cairo on 3 February 2016;

- On 24 February 2016, Amnesty International launched in Italy a campaign "Verità per Giulio Regeni";

- On 21 April 2016 Reuters reported three Egyptian intelligence officials and three police sources indipendently claiming Regeni was in police custody at some time before his death;

- On 8 June 2016, Italian news agency ANSA reported that Regeni tutors at Cambridge University had declined to collaborate with the inquest into his murder, to the disappointment of investigators and Regeni's family;

- Regeni's passport and other documents were handed over to Italian prosecutors on 1 November 2016, during a "positive" meeting in Cairo.