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Arrests in Italy - 20 accused of conspiracy in Genoa and Naples national |
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 Friday November 15, 2002 16:15 by hydra - freelancer
 Repression Arrests Taranto, Reggio Calabria, Napoli Rebel South Network Starting in the early hours of the morning, Italian police raided numerous houses, premises and universtities, arresting twenty activists from the 'Rebel South Network'. The accusations all derive from article 270bis of the penal code, introduced under Mussolini's fascist regime. The cities hit include Taranto, Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Vibo Valenzia and Naples. The charges consist of subversive association with the object of impeding the exercise of government and subverting the economic order, and concretely are related to the demonstration in Naples and Genoa in March and July or last year respectively. Eleven of the accused have been transported to the high security prison at Trani, two women to Latina and six are under house arrest. In addition there are 41 other individuals under investigation. Francesco Caruso, the high profile leader of the Capmpagna Laboratory for Social Disobedience is among those arrested. Solidarity actions, pickets and demonstrations are currently unfolding nationwide. Tomorrow there will be a demonstration in Rome. Given the regional character of the arrests, it is to be expected that there will be others elsewhere in the country in the near future. The current concentration on the rebel South Network probably derives from the fact that the investigation into them began four months prios to Genoa, in the aftermath of the demonstrations against the OCSE. Earlier this summer a number of police were also arrested for violence perpetrated during the demonstration.
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