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Trending: Antigone's Hashtag for International Day on Torture

Antigone launched a hashtag on International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture (June 26) that immediately became among the ten most-tweeted hashtags of the moment. The entire tweet was as follows:...

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Antigone launched a hashtag on International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture (June 26) that immediately became among the ten most-tweeted hashtags of the moment. The entire tweet was as follows: "#InternationalDayinSupportoftheVictimsofTorture In Italy torture exists and it is practiced @matteorenzi we want #ImmediatelyTheLaw" and included a link to the petition launched by Antigone through Change.org for the introduction of the crime of torture. Antigone asks Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to lead the Parliament in approving the law introducing the crime of torture.

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