Genoa clashes,Protestors and police went head-to-head last weekend
Marches have taken place in Berlin and London today, one week after violent clashes at the G8 summit in Genoa left one protestor dead and hundreds injured. Most attention was directed towards Italian authorities, as protestors and officials questioned the tactics of the Italian police during clashes, and asked for a response to claims of unlawful detention.
In London, a few hundred protestors gathered outside the Italian embassy in what a police spokesman described as a peaceful demonstration with no arrests.
A number of British demonstrators at last weekend's summit said that they were beaten by police. Four of them said they planned to take legal action against the Italian police after they were allegedly held in cells for four days with no access to consular officials or their families.
The German foreign ministry has asked Rome to explain reports that some of its citizens arrested during the summit protests might face bans on entering Italy. This would be against an understanding reached between Berlin and Rome.
In the German capital, around 1,000 people marched peacefully through the city to protest the alleged police brutality and to demand that some 21 Germans still held by Italian police be released. The demonstrators also demanded an international commission be set up to investigate the allegations of police heavy-handedness.
