Italy: Genoa police raid Indymedia. Acting on a warrant from Genoa public
prosecutors, police and paramilitary units raided the offices of
Indymedia in Florence, Turin and Bologna, as well as a Cobas trade union
building in Taranto, Sicily, as part of a nationwide operation linked to
events at the G8 summit in July in Genoa.
Genoa public prosecutors Andrea Canciani and Anna Canepa ordered the
seizure of audio, photograph and video material collected by the network
covering the July protests in Genoa. The 20 Februray raids targeted the
Gabrio social centre in Turin, the Teatro polivalente occupato (TPO) in
Bologna and Cecco Rivolta social centre in Florence, as well as Cobas
offices in Taranto.
Indymedia Italy labelled the searches as "an attack against freedom
of information", and explained that "Indymedia has no offices,
but works through the thousands of people who contribute to the website
... to produce a free and independent information". Furthermore,
they stressed that the material sought by investigators was "all
freely available on our website".
Indymedia Italy website. Statewatch
report on the raids.
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