A group of protesters splashed red
paint on the Spanish Steps in Rome on Wednesday to highlight the
problem of the high number of femicides taking place in Italy.
The stunt was staged by Bruciamo Tutto (Let's Burn Everything),
a civil-disobedience group formed after the brutal murder in
November of 22-year-old student Giulia Cecchettin by her
ex-boyfriend.
"We staged this action to draw society's attention to a problem
that it is absolutely no longer possible to ignore," Bruciamo
Tutto said.
"The government does not talk about it, it does not implement
real change to protect us and change the system.
"The Meloni government cuts funding to centres for the victims
of violence by 70%, it attacks the law on the right to abortion,
it does not take care of the rights of queer people, of the
rights of migrants".
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