ITALY: Student Assembly

Record ID: 572290

  • Title: ITALY: Student Assembly
  • Date: 19th May 1977
  • Summary: film shows : exterior of Rome university campus, with heavy police security, police trucks, police with guns, students entering tinto campus students at the centre of the campus - in main quadrangle. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd June 1977 13:00
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  • Location: Rome University campus
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAEOVWSQ5HUBHHKS80U7OF2CQT1
  • Story Text: With violent student clashes with police in the northern italian university town of Padua, Rome's militant student body, faced with heavy police patrol, avoided clashes. At least temporarily the students in Rome decided to obey the government ban on public meetings in the streets until May 31st.

    The students held a long assembly inside the campus planning their strategy for the next sage of their militant campaign, outside the university, police maintained a strong presence.

    Later in the evening the students decided to hold another massive rally, but this time on the streets, the same day the ban ends, May 31st.
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