Italy: The alleged ill-treatment of Mahrez Chanouf and Salim Sfouli by police officers in Milan

Index Number: EUR 30/006/1993
Date Published: 23 September 1993
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Italy

Mahrez Chanouf, a Tunisian national, and Salim Sfouli, an Egyptian national, both 18 years old and resident in Italy, were arrested by Milan police on 19 August 1993. There is concern at allegations of ill-treatment made by both eye-witnesses to the arrests as well as by Mahrez Chanouf and Salim Sfouli themselves.