No TAV: renewed violent clashes in the Susa Valley

On 22nd July peo­ple tried tak­ing the fences to the work-site down, and the police used water can­nons. Ten­sions have been mount­ing in pre­vi­ous days. Much tear gas has been used, stones thrown, with water can­nons also used to put out the fires set under the fences.

On 22nd July peo­ple tried tak­ing the fences to the work-site down, and the police used water can­nons. Ten­sions have been mount­ing in pre­vi­ous days. Much tear gas has been used, stones thrown, with water can­nons also used to put out the fires set under the fences.

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23rd July 2011 — over 500 pro­test­ers lay siege to the works for four hours at night.

24th July — peo­ple tried to pull down the gate to the work site, fol­low­ing a ral­ly at which the moth­er of Car­lo Giu­liani (killed dur­ing protests against the G8 in Genoa 10 years ago) spoke.

The 4 activists arrest­ed on 3 July fol­low­ing the NO TAV protests in Chiomonte were all released the pre­vi­ous week. More info