[1] In addition, the President of the European Commission has been formally included in summits since 1981. [14] Soon, there were police officers on all four floors of the building, kicking and battering prone occupants. While the bloody bodies were being carried out of the Diaz Pertini building on stretchers, police told reporters that the ambulances lined up in the street were nothing to do with the raid. Police baton attacks left three activists, including British journalist Mark Covell, in comas. However, none of the accused police officers was punished, due to delays in the investigation and incompleteness of Italian laws under which torture was not recognised as a crime in 2001. Notes of the meeting state, “Abu Hamza proposed an ambitious but unlikely plot which involved attacks carried by planes.” This is apparently a reference to an attack on the upcoming G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, scheduled in several weeks (see July 20-22, 2001). They could hear crying and screaming from other cells. "[19], The Italian government was later brought to trial in the European Court of Human Rights. On arrival, they were marked with felt-tip crosses on each cheek, and many were forced to walk between two parallel lines of officers who kicked and beat them. Within seconds, more policemen joined in the attack, beating him with nightsticks to the ground. Genoa, Italy, July 20-22, 2001. Il 27º vertice del G8 si è svolto in Italia a Genova, in Liguria dal 20 al 22 luglio 2001. Precisely Blair's refusal to criticise police violence was condemned by British protesters on their expulsion from Italy.[21]. Media in category "Protests against the G8 in Genoa (July 2001)" The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. ", https://global.ilmanifesto.it/genoa-predictable-torture-italy-condemned-again/, http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/10/26/echr-condemns-italy-for-bolzaneto-3_80868aa7-7a87-4a6a-8ba8-fcc1a9435842.html, http://www.adnkronos.com/aki-en/security/2017/06/22/police-committed-torture-genoa-summit-rules-european-court_hWJREw2u0yStZGiSPOYhrN.html, "Microsoft PowerPoint - Invest in Southern Italy Genova G8 finale al 16", British Witnesses recall bloody G8 police raid, Article documenting the violence directed towards protestors by the police, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=27th_G8_summit&oldid=1016199623, Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Articles with German-language sources (de), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A feature film of the events at the Diaz schools called ", This page was last edited on 5 April 2021, at 22:20. [6][7], The police raid on the school, which housed protesters linked to the Genoa Social Forum, took place a few minutes before midnight when most guests were already asleep. [22], On September 21, 2012, the Italian interior ministry awarded Mark Cowell €350,000 (£280,000 or US$454,265) in an out-of-court settlement. [16] A prisoner with an artificial leg and, unable to hold the stress position, collapsed and was rewarded with two bursts of pepper spray in his face and, later, a particularly savage beating. Viva Pinochet!" Police continued to raid social centers, media centers, union buildings and legal offices across Italy after the summit as part of ongoing investigations. A nearby building, housing the anti-globalization organization Indymedia and lawyers affiliated with the Genoa Social Forum, was also raided. . Prisoners at the temporary detention facility in Bolzaneto were forced to say "Viva il duce. Bookmark the permalink . Genoa Summit Official Documents. [18] Thirteen police officers were convicted of their various crimes during the Diaz raid including Vincenzo Canterini (four years), the commander of the 7th Mobile unit. Other charges include abuse and negligence. After a 9-hour debate, the Italian Supreme Court has issued its final sentence against the 25 defendants – policemen and heads of security forces – responsible for the violence against the activists sleeping in the Diaz school during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. One of them, Stefan Bauer answered a question from a German-speaking guard and said he was from the European Union and he had the right to go where he wanted. On July 20, a 23-year-old activist Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Mario Placanica, a Carabiniere, during clashes with police. "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). The Molotov cocktails were reported in January 2007, during the trial of the policemen, to have disappeared.[16]. [9] Police also planted construction tools, hammers and knives from a nearby construction site and claimed they belonged to anarchist groups housed in the building. Karl Boro made it up on to the roof but then made the mistake of coming back into the building, where he was treated to heavy bruising to his arms and legs, a fractured skull, and bleeding in his chest cavity. However, none served any portion of their sentence. Images show Giuliani throwing a fire extinguisher at the carabiniere's vehicle before he was shot and then run over twice by the Land Rover. Solidarity demonstrations against the G8 [13], All occupants of the ground floor were seriously injured. The British journalist Covell was photographed with his wounds immediately after the raid by Daily Mail journalist Lucie Morris, who bribed Italian police to approach him. The 27th G8 summit was held in Genoa, Italy, on July 21–22, 2001 and is remembered as the peak of the worldwide antiglobalization movement as well as for human rights crimes against demonstrators. He was sobbing too much to obey. The next day, senior officers held a press conference at which they announced that everybody in the building would be charged with aggressive resistance to arrest and conspiracy to cause destruction. Detainees reported being spat at, verbally and physically humiliated, and threatened with rape.[13]. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. They were not moving, and Lena Zuhlke drowsily asked them if they were alive. [2] The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's President Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the initial summit of the Group of Six (G6) in 1975. Italian police's treatment of a protester during the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa amounted to "torture", the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, from July 18 to July 22, 2001, was a dramatic protest, drawing an estimated 200,000 demonstrators. They also displayed two Molotov cocktails which had been found by police earlier in the day in another part of the city and planted in the Diaz Pertini building as the raid ended. "Genoese Laundry Deemed Unsuitable For G8 Leaders", "Trial forces Italy to relive shocking police brutality". In May, 2003, Judge Anna Ivaldi concluded that they had put up no resistance whatsoever to the police and all charges were dropped against them. The raid on the “Armando Diaz” school took place during the 27th G8 meeting in Genoa in 2001… The school building was the temporary headquarters of the Genoa Social Forum, led by Vittorio Agnoletto.A nearby building, housing the anti-globalization organization Indymedia and lawyers affiliated with the Genoa Social Forum, was also raided. None will go to jail due to statute of limitations. Twenty-five of the 27 original defendants were finally convicted. On November 13, an Italian court cleared 16 of the most senior police officers of any wrongdoing in the incidents of the 2001 G8 summit. July 16, 2001 • Q&A: Genoa G8 summit July 9, 2001 • Reports: Plot to assassinate Bush June 21, 2001 • Protesters target Belgium meetings June 19, 2001 • Summit riots spark Genoa … Here, they were forced to stand for long periods, facing the wall with their hands up high and their legs spread. One man, David Larroquelle, testified that he refused to sign the statements. This, however, was not entirely evident upon initial examination of the Genoa Communiqué. 2001 Genoa Summit. However, police attacked the crowds with truncheons, beating everyone indiscriminately. G8 Summit: Genoa 2001 • What has G8 achieved? In total, over 60 were severely injured and a parliamentary inquiry was launched. The state of Italy was ordered to pay damages to the victims in the order of 45 000 - 55 000 EUR each. [11] The police then used an armoured police van to break through the school gates and 150 policemen, wearing crash helmets and carrying truncheons and shields, entered the school compound. [13], A few escaped, at least for a while. In return, he dropped his Court of Human Rights case against the Italian government. Centre. Wednesday, November 20th, 2019. Audizioni dell'indagine conoscitiva del Parlamento sui fatti del G8 di Genova, su romacivica.net (archiviato dall'url originale il 21 novembre 2001). UT G8 Info. However, the knife was never identified. None will go to jail due to statute of limitations. Nonetheless, police beat them and kicked them when they arrived. La grande voglia di archiviare, "Genoa riots: 15 guilty of G8 brutality will not go to jail", "Systematic Torture by the Italian Police", "La notte dei pestaggi ("The night of the beatings")", "Italy: Still no justice 10 years after the Genoa G8", "Judgment Cestaro v. Italia - police violence and inadequate Italian criminal law", "Rights courts finds Italy guilty of torture at 2001 Genoa summit", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2001_Raid_on_Armando_Diaz&oldid=1002860335, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 January 2021, at 10:39. Since torture is not present in Italy’s code, officers alleged to have tortured demonstrators have never been charged with torture. "[15] and sing fascist songs: "Un, due, tre. Jaroslaw Engel, from Poland, managed to use builders' scaffolding to get out of the school, but he was caught in the street by some police drivers who smashed him over the head, laid him on the ground and stood over him smoking while his blood ran out across the tarmac. The city center was turned into a fortress by Italian police and armed forces: The Red zone. We, the Heads of State and Government of eight major industrialised democracies and the Representatives of the European Union, met in Genova for the first Summit of the new millennium. When she fell to the ground, officers circled her, beating and kicking her limp body, banging her head against a nearby cupboard, leaving her in a pool of blood. G7/8 Summits > Road to the 2001 G8 Genoa Summit Official website of the 2001 G8 Presidency (archive.org). However, when it became apparent that the paper stood no chance in court, it agreed to pay damages to Covell and reimburse him for his legal expenses. While the verdict did not lead to the punishment of the offenders, it did help victims claim compensation. Dot Force. Only one activist, Valérie Vie, secretary of a French branch of ATTAC, managed to publicly breach the Red Zone barrier, but was immediately arrested by police agents. Men and women with dreadlocks had their hair roughly cut off to the scalp. Another who paused amid the beatings and took a knife to cut off hair from his victims, including Nicola Doherty; the constant shouting of insults; the officer who asked a group if they were OK and who reacted to the one who said "No" by handing out an extra beating. On April 7, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy had violated the European Convention on Human Rights at the 2001 G8 and ordered compensation for a protester beaten by the police. In the first-floor corridor, some occupants decided to lie down on the ground to show that they offered no resistance. [13], Police officers found a fire extinguisher and squirted its foam into the wounds of an injured occupant. The prime minister believes that they did that job." An Italian court has found 15 officials guilty of mistreating protesters following violent protests at the G8 meeting in the city of Genoa in 2001. Police broke three of his ribs for his disobedience. Mark Covell, a British journalist, was the first person who met the police outside the building and was assaulted, leaving him in a coma. Several women reported threats of rape. [18] Finally, the police forced their captives to sign statements, waiving all their legal rights. Instead, many … The G8, meeting for the first time in 1997, was formed with the addition of Russia. They did not reply, and she lay there on her back, unable to move her right arm, unable to stop her left arm and her legs twitching, blood seeping out of her head wounds. Prisoners taken to a temporary detention facility in Bolzaneto were tortured and humiliated before being released. Ninety-three people were arrested during the raids. Fears of a terrorist attack at the time had also led to an air exclusion zone around the city, as well as the stationing of anti-aircraft missiles. However, none of them actually served prison terms because the convictions and sentences were wiped out by a statute of limitations. According to the reconstruction of events given in subsequent investigations, evidence was planted after the raid to justify the brutality of the raid. Genoa, July 22, 2001. Repression und Solidarität nach Genua 2001 (de): pdf - 667KB / html Linden Farrer: Pink Silver, Pink, and Silver - Contested Identitites Against the G8 Focus on Trade #64: Genoa Special In 2007, Romano Prodi's left-wing L'Unione coalition voted to create a Parliamentary Commission on the Genoa events[17] but this commission was refused by Senate's vote. On July 14, 13 Italian Carabineri, GOMPI Mobile and prison police were convicted for abuse of authority, abuse of office and uniform. The 27th G8 summit was held in Genoa, Italy, on July 20–22, 2001 and is remembered as the peak of the worldwide antiglobalization movement as well as for human rights crimes against demonstrators. The police also used humiliation to cow the occupants of the school. Genoa 2001 Reports and reaction from the massive demonstration against the G8 meeting in Genoa, Italy. Police conducted nighttime raids upon centers housing protesters and campsites, most notably the attacks on the Diaz-Pascoli and Diaz-Pertini schools shortly after midnight on July 21. [23], The European Court of Human Rights on 22 June 2017 ruled that the italian police involved in the raid and subsequent detention were guilty of torture, denouncing what it called a "particularly serious and cruel" police raid. Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. Melanie Jonasch, a 28-year-old archaeology student from Berlin, was attacked by officers set upon her, beating her head so hard that she rapidly lost consciousness. ← Genoa isn’t over…new support campaign for activists risking 100 years of jail Communiqué. They believe that G8 summits are non-legitimate attempts by eight of the world's most powerful governments to set the rules for the planet at large. [3], The overall theme of the summit was ways to reduce poverty. Official Documents. One detainee, Marco Bistacchia was taken to an office, stripped naked, made to get down on all fours and told to bark like a dog and to shout "Viva la polizia Italiana!" Genoa in July 2001 July 20-22, 2001, a quarter million demonstrators from across the globe carried out largely peaceful protests against the G8 summit held in the north Italian port of Genoa. A police officer attacked British journalist Mark Covell, who tried to tell them he was a journalist. [5] Amnesty International defined the raid as "the most serious human rights suspension in Europe, after World War II. CNN president Chris Cramer replied that the independent journalism coming out of the protests was "an antidote to that laziness". The numbers and designation of the security forces involved in the raid are still unknown, as they wore ski masks to hide their identities. [11], Activist Susanne Bendotti was struck by a vehicle and killed while attempting to cross the French-Italian border at Ventimiglia to get to the Genoa demonstration.[12]. Police and many politicians argued that attempting to blockade a meeting is in itself a violent event and an attempt to impede the workings of democratically elected governments. In one corridor, police ordered a group of young men and women to kneel, so that they could batter them around the head and shoulders more easily. The 2001 G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting: Prospects and Potential Professor John Kirton, Director G8 Research Group, University of Toronto ... change of venue that reflects the feared disruptions from the rumoured 120,000 protesters said to be converging on Genoa to protest globalization and the G8. [20], While his citizens were being beaten and tormented in illegal detention, spokesmen for the then prime minister, Tony Blair, declared: "The Italian police had a difficult job to do. The Mail initially stood by its reporting. Ester Percivati, a young Turkish woman, recalled guards calling her a whore as she was marched to the toilet, where a woman officer forced her head down into the bowl and a male jeered "Nice arse! Covell argued that under the Convention on Human Rights and the Italian constitution, he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his hospital room, and Morris breached it by entering his room under false pretense. "[3], The raid is the subject of the 2012 film Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood where the attack and subsequent torture of detainees is recreated. Police doctors at the facility also participated in the torture, using ritual humiliation, threats of rape and deprivation of water, food, sleep and medical care. Two medical staff were also convicted. Covell contended the story was false, but was in no financial position to sue for libel. Among the arrested, 63 were taken to hospital and 19 were taken to the police station of Bolzaneto. Before the summit, significant controversies and ridicule among local people and media focused on the security plans (such as fences going through streets and inside houses) and image provisions (such as the prohibition to dry up the laundry[10]). These were being used as sleeping quarters, and had also been set up as centers for those providing media, medical, and legal support work.
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