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Italy Calls Council of Europe 'Shameful' After Warning on Police Racism
- The Council of Europe's Commission against Racism and Intolerance urged Italy on May 28, 2025, to investigate alleged racial profiling by its police forces, particularly targeting Roma and people of African descent.
- This call follows an annual ECRI report accusing Italian police of institutional racism, prompting strong denials from Italy's leadership, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani.
- Meloni called the accusations "simply shameful" and criticized the alleged findings as ideologically driven prejudices, while President Sergio Mattarella met police chief Vittorio Pisani to reaffirm trust in the police.
- Salvini criticized the anti-racism panel as an ineffective organization funded by taxpayers in Italy and across Europe, reflecting widespread political opposition to ECRI's claims.
- The dispute underscores tensions between Italy and the Council of Europe over police conduct, suggesting ongoing national resistance to external criticism of law enforcement practices.
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Italy calls Council of Europe 'shameful' after warning on police racism
ROME - Italy lashed out at the Council of Europe on Thursday and defended its police after the European human rights body named Italy among countries where racist conduct among law enforcers was a problem. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Rome, 29 May - The latest provocation comes from Strasbourg, but it knows about déjà vu. The Council of Europe has accused the Italian police for alleged racism and has officially asked our government to start an independent study on racial profiling. Translated: it wants to check whether the Italian police patrols stop too many people with dark skin. Strasbourg attacks the Italian police The report, drawn up by the Commission against racism and…
Yesterday the publication of the report that speaks of an alleged racism of the police in Italy. The chief of the Pisani police met Mattarella at the Quirinale
The Council insists on the infamous accusation of alleged discrimination of the Italian police. The Prime Minister is indignant: "Ideological Approach." Antonio Tajani: "Fomenta l'odio" (Fomenta l'odio) Invited to Colle the head of the police.The Italian policemen and policemen woke up this morning and ...
The right is against the Council of Europe, which denounces the practices of ethnic profiling by the police. Sergio Mattarella receives the chief of police, Vittorio Pisani, at the Quirinale. But the theme, as many point out, exists. Moreover, the national plan against racism expired in 2016 and has never been renewed.
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