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Assange, 52, has been in London's high-security Belmarsh prison since 2019 and is wanted in the United States over the release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables in 2010.

"Assange is a symbol of free speech which is essential for any genuine democracy," Raggi, who ran Rome's city hall between 2016 and 2021, told Reuters.

"He has been deprived of his own liberty for years, in awful conditions, for doing his job as a journalist," she said.

Other Italian cities have taken similar steps. The northern city of Reggio Emilia granted Assange citizenship last month, while Naples is set to follow shortly.

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[-] sudneo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

"Italy" did not, a minority of people, who did for all kind of different reasons, did. A subset of those is probably a nostalgic.

Meloni's party benefited from the fall of the other right wing parties. The core base which is probably what I would call fascists are probably close to the usual % her party was getting few years back: 3-5%.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with "being a fascist country". Words have meaning, and a fascist country is a dictatorship in which freedom of press does not exist, where minorities and political opposition is systematically repressed, killed, silenced, etc. Thankfully, we are still very far from that.

[-] stillwater@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Italy voted. Italy chose. Doesn't matter if it was ten people or all the people. Those were your elections. Not voting is a choice.

[-] sudneo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, but the conclusion is still the same: saying that Italy is a "fascist country" is bs.

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