10 Feb

Human Rights according to the Viminale

This article, written by the Italian journalist Fabrizio Gatti, was published on the Italian magazine "L'Espresso" on the 6 October 2005 issue (in Italian).

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During seven days of reclusion in the Centro per Immigrati of Lampedusa, the detention of Bilal Ibrahim el Habin was not validated by any judge: notwithstanding that no citizen can be deprived of his freedom without the decision of a judge until maximum 48 hours. The immigrants, released on the evening of Friday, 30 September 2005, got the order – signed by the questore of Agrigento – to leave Italy until five days and a decree of forced expulsion from the Italian borders, escorted by the police.

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