Did Italy police make women protesters remove underwear and squat?

Seven female climate activists have accused police in the northern city of Brescia of subjecting them to degrading treatment. Seven female climate protesters of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion were taken to Brescia’s main police station on Monday morning after officers cracked down on their protest outside the Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s factory, as per The Guardian report. After holding climate activists for nearly seven hours, the Brescia police charged them for the offences of “seditious gathering” and for “unannounced demonstration”. Rejecting the allegations of degrading treatment, it said, “The confidentiality and dignity of people were safeguarded at all times and the correct operating procedures were followed.” Police went on to accuse the activists of “illegal conduct” that “undermined public order and safety” by forming a human chain blocking the movement of trucks at the Leonardo factory and “littering the walls with writing”. Italy’s controversial security bill Italy’s Parliament is debating a controversial security bill, dubbed the “anti-Gandhi” law, that targets climate activists by criminalising the blocking of roads and railways.