Match of the women’s draw of the tennis internationals temporarily interrupted, between Keys and Cirstea, on the Pietrangeli court due to three environmental activists of Repair Fund. One of them invaded the pitch by throwing white paint onto the red clay. The other two, however, are cement your foot on the marble steps of Pietrangeli.
The match resumed immediately after the intervention of the police. The activists “blocked” on the steps were unblocked following the intervention of the workers and taken away amid ironic applause and insults in the stadium. The field was quickly cleaned of the white paint that had started the protest.
Blitz at the Internationals, 9 environmentalists in the police station
They were identified and taken to the police station nine latest generation environmentalists after the blitz at the tennis internationals in Rome. Their position is now under scrutiny. According to what we learn, the activists risk being sued. The Last Generation blitz took place over the course of two games. They threw paint in one field and confetti in the other.
“With today’s civil disobedience action we want to remember that last year 62,000 people died from the heat in Europe – they explain from Ultima Generazione -. This is just one of the many effects of the climate and ecological crisis. To safeguard our territory and its citizens, a profound change in our system is essential. Nonviolent resistance is an alternative to political apathy”.
From the movement they retrace the blitz: this morning at 11.55 the tennis matches of the ATP Tennis Tournament at the Foro Italico, the men’s doubles between Gonzalez/Roger-Vasellin and Arevalo/Pavic at Court 12, and the women’s singles between Keys and Cirstea at Campo Pietrangeli , were interrupted by 11 people adhering to the Last Generation Repair Fund campaign. “At 12.03 – they add – private security, firefighters and law enforcement arrived. The private security of the APT Internazionali d’Italia roughly dragged out one of the people in the stands. The interruption of the matches lasted over 45 minutes”.
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2024-05-13 11:44:12
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