Rome court convicts 6 for pro-fascist, anti-Semitic slogans
A Rome court has convicted six men of spreading pro-fascist and anti-Semitic ideas with banners, posters and graffiti in the Italian capital. A 1993 law forbids use of slogans, gestures and actions evoking Nazi and fascist ideologies or inciting racial hatred. Sentences for the convictions Tuesday ranged from 1 and half years to eight months. A seventh defendant was acquitted.
Two of those sentenced had previously been convicted in a separate case of attempting to re-establish the Fascist party, the legacy of 20th-century dictator Benito Mussolini. Rome Jewish community spokesman Fabio Perugia says the verdict rendered a "clear-cut condemnation of neo-fascism and of all racist and xenophobic cultures."
