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Italy: Hearings into abuse at G8 barracks start

09 May 2013

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"Protesters were subjected to "violence and abuse" and "unspeakable behaviour" while being held at a police detention centre in the Bolzaneto barracks during the 2001 Group of Eight (G8) summit in Genoa, a prosecutor said Wednesday. During the first day of proceedings before Italy's top court, Joseph Volpe asked the Court of Cassazione to uphold sentences against 44 defendants held to be civilly responsible for violence against protesters between July 20 and 22, 2001."

See: Hearings into abuse at G8 barracks start (Gazzetta del Sud, link)

See also: Statewatch analysis: Ten years after the G8 Summit in Genoa by Salvatore Palidda, Genoa University (pdf)

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