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Italian arrested at Istanbul demonstration for women

2022-11-26T18:38:51.231Z


In last night's parade. Her name is Delilah Procopius. The complaint of an association of activists (ANSA)


The Italian girl stopped yesterday in Istanbul during an unauthorized feminist march is called Dalila Procopio

and tomorrow she will be transferred to a repatriation centre.

A lawyer among the activists who organized the demonstration on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women told ANSA.

Delilah Procopio had been in Turkey for a few months on a tourist visa, she added.

The demonstration had been banned by the prefecture, to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The news of the arrest was reported on Instagram by the activists of the Mor Dayanisma association.

"Two women, from Azerbaijan and Italy, are still detained and could be expelled", reads the post of the association which denounced a "violent police repression" against the demonstrators and dozens of arrests.

There are currently no other confirmations of the arrest of the compatriot. 

Source: ansa

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