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Statewatch Analysis: Public order and demonstrations in Italy: Heavy-handed policing, militarisation and prohibition
01 July 2011
Statewatch Analysis:
Public order and demonstrations in Italy: Heavy-handed policing, militarisation and prohibition (pdf) by Yasha Maccanico:
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Since the traumatic events of the G8 summit in Genoa in July 2001 the right to protest has increasingly been limited. Government restrictions have been wide-ranging and indiscriminate and affected a diverse range of groups including students, migrants, shepherds and manual labourers."