Word: confino
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...fears were soon realized. In its first decision (TIME, June 25), the court unanimously declared unconstitutional Article 113 of the public security laws, which requires police permit for signs and posters. Then, in rapid order, the court struck down several other powers dear to the Italian police, among them confino (the power to banish citizens to remote areas without trial) and ammonizione (the power to restrict the freedom of movement of a citizen whose actions the police find suspicious...
...practical weight. With bland disregard for its constitutional obligations, the Segni government made no attempt to persuade Parliament to revamp the public security laws in accordance with the decisions of the court. The Ministry of Interior continued to exercise its old powers, brassily slapped an additional 100 Italians into confino in the two months after the practice had been declared unconstitutional...
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