As the title of a well-known general’s book says, the world is turning upside down. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini, who is no stranger to exaggerated comments made especially on social networks, this time targeted Amnesty International and accused the largest international non-governmental organization dealing with the defense of human rights. from “racism”.
Amnesty’s pack at Lucca Comics
The leader of the union (or if there is a large group of collaborators who are interested in their social profiles 24 hours a day) was triggered by the NGO’s decision not to join Lucca Comics: “The patronage of the Israeli embassy in Lucca Comics – we read in Amnesty International’s statement that it is trying to force us to give up our existence “We understand that the patronage of the embassies of the countries of origin of the artists who create the image of the festival is a consolidated practice, but we cannot ignore the fact that the Israeli forces are constantly besieging and bombing the Gaza Strip, which leads to huge civilian casualties.”
It’s the humanitarian organisation’s choice following a number of artists including Zerocalcare and Maicol & Mirco not attending the event for the same reason. It’s a choice that may be more or less acceptable (the patronage was granted long before the Hamas attacks and the Israeli response), but objectively it has nothing to do with racism.
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“With his comment on this occasion, Salvini showed that he does not know what racism is. Strange, because he certainly seems to be an expert on the subject, as Amnesty International Italy’s various ‘hate barometers’ show.” Riccardo Noury, Amnesty International Italy spokesman, gives the speech. In his answer, Noury refers to the “Hate Bathometer”, an annual report published by the organization, in which approximately 29 thousand posts were monitored in 2022 through constant monitoring of the Facebook pages and Twitter accounts of 85 politicians. Hundreds of content contained content that encouraged discrimination against a person or group of people. The top topics used by politicians to spread hateful messages were immigration (53 percent), religious minorities (36 percent), the world of solidarity (35 percent), LGBTQIA+ (31 percent) and gender justice (26 percent). As we read in the document, the centre-right coalition published more than twice as much offensive and/or discriminatory content as the centre-left coalition.
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Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
