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• Police arrest two terrorism suspects

  22 December 2008, by News Agencies
  Milan police arrested two Moroccan-born men on charges of plotting attacks against Italian targets. These targets included a supermarket, police barracks, and Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. The two men were said to have no ties to international terrorist groups, but did admire the work of such groups as Al Qaeda.

• Memorandum Concerning the Necessity to Apply Treaty Measures in the Matter of the Italy Emergency

  7 October 2008, by Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, European Grassroots Organization, OsservAzione, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities
  In the context of the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee visit to Italy and ongoing assessment of Italy matters by the European Commission, four organisations today provided the attached memoranda to European Parliamentarians and the team of Commissioner Barrot respectively.

• Security a la italiana Fingerprinting, Extreme Violence and Harassment of Roma in Italy

  2 September 2008, by Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, European Roma Rights Centre, Open Society Institute, Roma Civic Alliance in Romania, Romani Criss
  In response to recent political and legal developments and the most recent wave of racism and xenophobia against Roma in Italy, between 23 and 30 May 2008 a coalition of organisations undertook first-hand human rights documentation in Italy. The Coalition conducted interviews with approximately 100 Romani individuals living in formal and informal Romani camps in Rome, Naples, Florence, Brescia, Milan and Torino.

• Les violences policières au G8 de Gênes

  18 août 2008, par Palidda Salvatore
  Les faits qui se sont produits lors du G8 de Gênes (19-21 juillet 2001) ont fait l’objet de milliers d’images photo, de centaines de vidéos de témoins et de professionnels, de milliers de pages d’actes judiciaires, documents publics, reportages tv et articles des médias, de dizaines de débats et aussi de nombreuses publications. Cependant, il reste toujours forte la demande de compréhension en particulier de certains aspects.

• Incident report: Violent attacks against Roma in the Ponticelli District of Naples, Italy

  12 August 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  The report provides information on the impact of the recent events in the Ponticelli district of Naples on Roma, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. It brings together the basic facts on these violent attacks as well as background information regarding the situation of Roma in Italy. It also describes efforts to address the situation by the Italian Authorities and the International Community, in particular the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and Civil society organisations.

• The bloody battle of Genoa

  11 August 2008, by The Guardian
  When 200,000 anti-globalisation protesters converged on the Italian city hosting the G8 summit in 2001, all but a handful came to demonstrate peacefully. Instead, many were beaten to a pulp by seemingly out-of-control riot police. But was there something more sinister at play? And will the victims ever see proper justice?

• Muslim summit in Rome looks at ways to fight radicalism

  28 July 2008, by Adnkronos
  Members of Italy’s Muslim community met on Friday to find new ways to combat extremism. The meeting, held in Rome’s main mosque, was the first of its kind to be organized by the Association of Muslim Intellectuals. "We placed attention on the need to implement strategies to prevent Islamic radicalism and foster initiatives that aim to create a more accurate image of Islam," said in a statement by the group.

• Palestinian hijacker freed in Rome

  16 July 2008, by News Agencies
  One of the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro has been released, after serving more than two decades in an Italian jail. Ibrahim Fatayer Abdelatif was one of a group of Palestinian militants who hijacked the ship in 1985. Authorities have ordered Ibrahim to leave Italy, though his lawyer says that he has nowhere to go. Although Ibrahim has officially been expelled from Italy, he cannot leave until he finds another country that will accept him.

• Christian convert Magdi Allam reacts to Islamist death threats

  25 June 2008, by Adnkronos
  Magdi Allam, a Christian convert to Islam who has been targeted with death threats over apostasy, has expressed concern about these dangers and the fear that the perpetrators may be Italian. Allam’s fears were expressed concerning the large number of al-Qaeda inspired websites popping up on the internet, and the belief that some websites are created and maintained by Italians.

• Muslims to protest against new security measures

  2 June 2008, by Adnkronos
  Members of the Islamic community in Naples and surrounding areas are planning to protest newly proposed security measures. The package could make illegal immigration a crime and replace police officers with security personnel to patrol the streets - including soldiers.

• Italian police target foreigners in crackdown on illegal immigration

  28 May 2008, by News Agencies
  Italy’s police arrested hundreds of illegal immigrants last week in a sweep of migrant shantytowns in major Italian urban areas across the country. Nearly 400 people were arrested, and 100 were immediately expelled - most of who were Moroccans and Romanians who violated immigration laws, were involved in theft and prostitution, or drug dealing.

• La violence des mineurs à l’étranger

  13 mai 2008, par Cahiers de la sécurité
  Dossier consacré à la délinquance juvénile et à la violence des jeunes dans certains pays (Japon, Scandinavie, Italie, Brésil).

• Human rights court sides with terror suspect in deportation dispute

  2 April 2008, by News Agencies
  The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy would violate its obligations under the European Convention of Human rights if it deports Nassim Saadi, a Tunisian terror suspect from Italy, citing the very real risk of torture if he were to return to his home country. Human rights group Amnesty International applauded the ruling, as a «landmark» ruling on the absolute prohibition of torture, inhuman, and otherwise degrading treatment.

• Spagna et Italia nel tragico domino degli sbarchi

  13 février 2008, par Coslovi Lorenzo
  Rome et Madrid sont devenues les sentinelles d’une « forteresse Europe » assaillie par les immigrés. Le renforcement des contrôles en Méditerranée a donné des résultats importants, même s’il n’est pas parvenu à rendre les frontières imperméables. L’importance de la Libye et du Maroc dans ce nouveau dispositif de régulation.

• Migrants’ Experiences of Racism and Xenophobia in 12 EU Member States

  4 February 2008, by European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
  This pilot study on migrants’ experiences of discrimination is based on country studies conducted between 2002 and 2005 in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and UK. According to the study in all these countries migrants subjectively experience discriminatory practices to a significant extent.

• Mass Deportations of Asylum Seekers decided by Libyan Authorities

  22 janvier 2008, par Palidda Salvatore
  Yesterday, the government of Tripoli announced with a press release (by Jana) that « all illegal immigrants » staying in the Libyan territory will be expelled « without exception ». According to the last estimate of Libyan authorities, they are two million people. Among these many asylum seekers and refugees, women and children, coming mostly from the Horn of Africa.

• Deportazioni di massa di migranti diposte dalle autorita’ libiche

  22 gennaio 2008, di Palidda Salvatore
  Il Governo di Tripoli ha annunciato ieri con un comunicato stampa (diffuso dall’agenzia Jana) che «tutti gli immigrati illegali» presenti sul territorio nazionale saranno espulsi «senza eccezioni».

• Condemned imam in Milan

  24 December 2007, by Petti Gabriella
  Abu IMAD was found guilty for delinquency association aggravated by conspiracy for terrorism. Other 10 defendants recognized responsible for the same offence. Milan, the imam of Jenner avenue sentenced to 3 years and 8 months

• Muslim radicalism ‘on the rise’ survey finds

  13 November 2007, by Adnkronos
  A new poll shows that half of Italians believe that Islamic extremism is growing in their country and over 50% believe it to be an increasing worldwide threat. Most Italians believe that immigrants do not want to integrate, while less than one third blame the lack of Italian integrative infrastructure.

• Treaty Between the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic, establishing the European Gendarmerie Force

  22 October 2007, by Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Portuguese Republic, Republic of France
  The object of this Treaty is to establish a European Gendarmerie Force, which shall be operational, pre-organised, robust, and rapidly deployable, exclusively comprising elements of police forces with military status of the Parties, in order to perform all police tasks within the scope of crisis management operations.

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