Genoa Public Prosecutor's Office continues its attempt
to intimidate defense team

Two laptops belonging to Genoa Legal Forum lawyers
defending demonstrators from the 2001 G8 summit in
Genoa have been damaged after being seized by
prosecutors, according to confidential sources.
The computers were seized at the order of Assistant
Public Prosecutor Giancarlo Pellegrino on March 16,
after public prosecutors Anna Canepa and Andrea
Canciani filed libel charges regarding reports on the
Italian Indymedia website.

Judicial sources have told the Legal Support team,
Supportolegale, that the two computers were not
working properly by the time they reached the Turin
court. As they were working perfectly when they were
seized, they appear to have been damaged on the trip
from Genoa to Turin, where they were due to be
inspected.

Tampering with sequestered material is a very serious
act. It also contributes to the Genoese prosecution's
attempts to intimidate the legal team that is working
to help protestors over the July 2001 events. Some
might even consider it an attempt to further delay
work by the Genoa Legal Forum and the defense, as well
as making it impossible for those whose computers were
seized to carry out any regular work.