Italy's highest court has upheld the jail sentences handed down to seven police officers and prison doctors for the brutal treatment of protesters during the G8 summit in Genoa 12 years ago. More than 250 protesters were held at a barracks in the city after riot police stormed the school they were using as a dormitory during the summit. They endured days in detention where they were physically humiliated and threatened with rape. All of them were innocent of any crime and were eventually released. Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
在12年前的热那亚八国集团首脑会议中,7名警察和监狱医生由于粗暴对待抗议者被判刑。意大利最高法庭维持对其原判刑期。防暴警察攻进了抗议者在峰会期间作为宿舍使用的学校后,将250多名示威者关押在城中的一个军营。他们忍受了长达数天的拘留,遭受了身体上的羞辱。而且警察还以强奸进行威胁。所有的抗议者都是无辜的,他们没有任何罪行,最终获得释放。艾伦·约翰斯顿罗马报导。
The days of mayhem in Genoa are most vividly remembered for one particular assault-- riot police stormed a school where peaceful anti-globalisation activists were sleeping and many people were subjected to appalling beatings.A number of the activists were then taken to the Bolzaneto barracks where in detention they endured more brutality. And this latest court case relates to what happened there.