Italy’s Meloni approves tougher measures to crack down on protests after Milan riots
The decree creates new crimes, raises penalties and sends 500 soldiers to Milan as over 100 police officers were injured.
- On Tuesday, the Italian government approved an emergency decree creating a new criminal offense for violent participation in demonstrations, punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to $22,500.
- Following violent protests in Milan on Saturday involving 2,000 youths, police deployed water cannons and tear gas to disperse rioters who looted stores and set fires, injuring more than 100 officers over two days.
- Security measures include deploying 500 soldiers to Milan through year-end, holding parents financially liable for damages caused by minors, and allowing police to detain youths aged 14 to 17 who pose danger.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the riots as "criminality," calling the behavior "painful and frightening" and arguing the government must address such images to prevent imitation by others.
- Parliament must convert the decree into law within 60 days as Italy's prison population has increased by more than 17% over four years under Meloni's administration, straining the system.
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Giorgia Meloni tightens security and public order measures following violent protests in Italy involving minors.
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Italy’s Meloni approves tougher measures to crack down on protests after Milan riots
MILAN (AP) — Italy announced new security measures on Tuesday aimed at tackling the kind of violent protests that caused damage to Milan ‘s central shopping district when weekend rioters, many of them minors, looted stores and set fire to property. A government decree calls for the deployment of an additional 500 soldiers to Milan...
The Italian government has approved a new decree that provides for prison sentences of up to five years for participants in violent protests, preventive detention of minors and financial liability of parents for damage caused by their children. The decision was taken on Tuesday evening, at an extraordinary government meeting, after riots and looting that have swept Milan and other cities in Italy since Saturday. The new measures come into force …
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