Italy: Update story: Genoa riots: 15 guilty of G8 brutality will not go to jail

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Genoa riots: 15 guilty of G8 brutality will not go to jail (Guardian, link) and Rape threats, beatings and racist chants: 15 Italians jailed for abuse of G8 Genoa protesters: Verdict likely to embarrass Berlusconi government (Guardian, link)

"Fifteen Italian police officers and doctors were last night sentenced to jail terms of up to five years after being found guilty of abusing protesters detained during riots at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa."

See Statewatch coverage on Genoa and the trials on: Observatory on reactions to protests in the EU (link)

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