Rome | October 12nd, 2024

One week after the "unauthorised" demonstration followed by clashes on October 5th, people gathered once again to protest against war in Gaza, Lebanon and Palestine. Since October 7th massacre, more than 40000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered by IDF, in a military operation which seems far to come to an end and whose objectives are yet to be fully explained. Protests have risen all over the world and caught particular attention in Italy where far right government has decided to forbid protest on Saturday 5th, due to its closeness to the first anniversary of the massacre in south Israel. Protest had been forbidden, rising concerns and claims for constitutional violations, but a sit in had been authorised afterwards. This management of the demonstration has revealed not good enough to avoid clashes. People have been arrested, many others have been banned from Rome with the debatable use of “foglio di via”, just because they had been previously identified by law enforcement during other non violent protests: they will not be allowed to enter the area of Rome for the next four years. According to Italian Constitution and law, demonstration should not be "authorised" or not; there is simply an obligation for the organisers to notify the Authority that a protest will take place. Law enforcement has then the obligation to ensure that the protest takes place without public dangers or threats for the state.