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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says

People in Rome appear to give the fascist salute during a rally.
People in Rome appear to give the fascist salute during a rally to commemorate the slaying of two members of a neofascist youth group. Photograph: Francesco Benvenuti/AP

Performing the fascist salute is only a crime if it endangers public order or risks leading to a revival of the banned fascist party, Italy’s top court said in a ruling that has been hailed by neofascists.

In making its ruling on Thursday, the court of cassation ordered a second appeals trial for eight neofascist militants who made the salute during a commemorative event in Milan in 2016 marking the anniversary of the killing of a fellow militant in the city in 1975.

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