Everyday intolerance : racist and xenophobic violence in Italy / [Judith Sunderland ; edited by Benjamin Ward].

• I. Summary -- Key Recommendations to the Italian Government -- Methodology -- II. Background -- The Scale of the Problem -- The Impact of the Media -- Response of Civil Society in Italy -- International Concern -- III. Legal and Institutional Framework -- Italy's Human Rights Obligations -- National Laws on Discrimination and Racism -- The Structure of Law Enforcement and the Courts -- The National Office against Racial Discrimination -- IV. Violence against Migrants and Italians of Migrant Origin -- Mob Violence in Rosarno, January 2010 -- Mob Violence in Rome, 2007-2009 -- Individual Attacks at Various Locations in Italy -- Abdoul Salam Guiebre, September 2008, Milan -- Emmanuel Bonsu, September 2008, Parma -- Ibrahima Mboup, February 2009, Rome -- Mohamed Ali, March 2009, Tor Bella Monaca, Rome -- Samba Sow, April 2009, Rome -- Willy Lulua, July 2009, Rome -- Abdul Latif, August 2009, Tor Bella Monaca, Rome -- Attack on a Bengali-owned bar, March 2010, Rome -- Marco Beyene, March 2009, Naples -- V. Violence against Roma and Sinti -- Violence against Roma Settlements -- Ponticelli, Naples, May 2008 -- Ponte Mammolo, Rome, September 2007 -- Opera, December 2006 -- Law Enforcement Abuse -- Tor Bella Monaca, Rome, April 2010 -- Bussolengo, September 2008 -- Gheorghe, summer 2008, Milan -- Alin, summer 2008, Milan -- VI. State Response -- Downplaying the Problem -- Anti-Migrant and Roma Rhetoric -- Inadequate Data Collection and Analysis -- Failure to Bring to Justice those Responsible for Attacks -- Failure to Prosecute Attacks as Hate Crimes -- Failure to Adequately Investigate Allegations of Police Abuse -- VII. Detailed Recommendations -- Acknowledgments.

• "Immigrants and Roma in Naples, Rome, and the southern Italian town of Rosarno are attacked by mobs. An Italian of Burkina Faso origin is bludgeoned to death on the street in Milan after a petty theft from a café. An Indian man outside Rome is beaten, doused with gasoline, and set on fire. A Chinese man in Rome is beaten as he waits for the bus. A Senegalese actor is stabbed in the stomach as he waits for a tram in Milan. These recent hate crimes in Italy did not occur in a vacuum. In a country that has seen a dramatic increase in immigration, a political discourse that links immigrants and Roma to crime has helped create an environment of intolerance. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in 2009 that Italy should not become a multiethnic country. The reality is that Italy is already a mosaic of ethnicities, nationalities, and national origins. Without a more responsible approach from the Italian authorities, there is a real danger that Italy's growing diversity will be accompanied by rising intolerance and violence. Everyday Intolerance, based on dozens of interviews with victims of violence, government officials, and others, in cities across Italy, shows that the response of the Italian authorities to racist violence has been at best inadequate. Amendments to the criminal law should ensure that crimes motivated wholly or in part by hatred on grounds of race, or other protected grounds such as sexual orientation and gender identity, should be prosecuted and punished as such. Authorities should collect appropriate data, in order to analyze trends in racist and xenophobic violence and ensure an appropriate response. Officials at the highest levels should stop downplaying the problem, and instead consistently and forcefully condemn racist and xenophobic violence, including harassment and abuse by law enforcement officers against Roma and immigrants."--P. [4] of cover. 

Ämnesord

Racism  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Race discrimination  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Violence  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Immigrants  -- Italy -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Human rights  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Xenophobia  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Hate crimes  -- Italy. (LCSH)

Romanies  -- Violence against -- Italy. (LCSH)

Immigrants  -- Violence against -- Italy. (LCSH)

Rasism  -- Italien (sao)

Hatbrott  -- Italien (sao)

Mänskliga rättigheter  -- Italien (sao)