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Footage of Italian boy who stood up to fascists goes viral [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Footage of Italian boy who stood up to fascists goes viral
Video shows boy known as Simone saying Roma people should not ‘be abandoned’
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Fri 5 Apr 2019 14.47 BST Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019 15.42 BST
A 15-year-old boy who stood up to far-right activists during violent protests in Rome has won plaudits across Italy.
The boy, Simone, was filmed speaking out in defence of minorities on Tuesday, when hundreds of far-right activists and residents took to the streets of Torre Maura, a Rome suburb. They were demonstrating against the temporary rehousing of 70 Roma people at a reception centre in the area.
While one of the leaders of the neo-fascist CasaPound party was telling journalists that local people did not want the Roma around, Simone raised his hand and intervened, saying: “I don’t think like you.
“What you are doing here in Torre Maura is exploiting the anger of the people. You turn this anger into votes, for your interests.
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Video shows boy known as Simone saying Roma people should not ‘be abandoned’
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Fri 5 Apr 2019 14.47 BST Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019 15.42 BST
A 15-year-old boy who stood up to far-right activists during violent protests in Rome has won plaudits across Italy.
The boy, Simone, was filmed speaking out in defence of minorities on Tuesday, when hundreds of far-right activists and residents took to the streets of Torre Maura, a Rome suburb. They were demonstrating against the temporary rehousing of 70 Roma people at a reception centre in the area.
While one of the leaders of the neo-fascist CasaPound party was telling journalists that local people did not want the Roma around, Simone raised his hand and intervened, saying: “I don’t think like you.
“What you are doing here in Torre Maura is exploiting the anger of the people. You turn this anger into votes, for your interests.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/boy-15-simone-italy-video-hailed-as-hero-rome-roma
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