Italy's supreme Cassation
Court on Friday upheld the convictions of two neo-Fascist
sympathisers for making the Fascist salute and shouting Fascist
slogans during a far-right rally.
The perpetrators were prosecuted under a 1952 banning the
Fascist party and making promoting Fascist ideology a crime
punishable with up to four years in prison.
"The obligation to protect democratic institutions has not
eroded with time, as shown by frequent episodes denoting
intolerance for democratic values and lack of respect for the
rights of ethnic and religious minorities," the court wrote.
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