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| Italian police deny allegations of abusing refugees |
| 2016-11-04 |
| [Iran Press TV] Italia’s police have rejected a report by prominent rights group "I categorically deny that violent methods are used on Earlier in the day, Amnesty said Italian police have used measures which may amount to "torture" while attempting to fingerprint refugees trying to enter the country. The allegations of abuse included beatings, electric shocks and sexual humiliation in cases involving mainly African asylum seekers who wanted to cross Italia to reach other European states. Gabrielli said his officers, who worked alongside European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... officials and human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... groups in the refugee centers, had displayed enormous responsibility in their duties regarding the refugees. Following the closure of all land crossings, the sea route across the Mediterranean to Italia became the main way for asylum-seekers fleeing conflict and persecution in Africa to reach Europe in search of a better life. |
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