Protesters Held Ahead of G8 Meeting
Report published 7 July 2009 by Al Jazeera English | Photo published 8 July 2009 by CommonDreams.org
Members of the Christian organisation World Vision wear masks of G8 leaders as they urge the G8 to keep its promises ahead of a summit in Rome. (AFP/Tiziana Fabi)
Demonstrators hurled bottles at riot police and set fire to tyres on the streets of the Italian capital on Tuesday, news agencies reported.
The clashes came as leaders from some of the world’s richest nations gathered in the city ahead of the summit, which begins on Wednesday, aimed at tackling the global economic crisis, climate change and events in Iran.
Italian police were on high alert on the eve of the summit, with 15,000 officers deployed in an effort to prevent a recurrence of the violence seen during the country’s last G8 meeting in 2001.
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