{"id":26399,"date":"2013-02-07T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/02\/07\/287801\/italy-activist-torches-self-over-corruption\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:48:11","slug":"italy-activist-torches-self-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/italy-activist-torches-self-over-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy activist torches self over corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">Italian anti-racketeering activist Frediano Manzi set himself on fire in Milan on February 5, 2013, to protest illegal loans. (File photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>The head of an anti-corruption organization in Italy has set himself on fire in a show of protest against illegal loans.<\/p>\n<p>Frediano Manzi torched himself in front of the Milan headquarters of Italian media company RAI on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Manzi had written a letter to the company earlier, explaining why he was setting himself on fire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am \u201cdoing it for the victims of usury that no one helps,\u201d Manzi wrote in his letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHe was found by a passing tram driver who quickly put out the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The activist is in a serious but non-life threatening condition after suffering third-degree burns all over his body.<\/p>\n<p>Many Italians can no longer obtain bank loans due to the economic crisis, causing them to turn to unlawful entities who offer loans in return for exorbitant interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>MRS\/HMV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Italian anti-racketeering activist Frediano Manzi set himself on fire in Milan on February 5, 2013, to protest illegal loans. (File photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The head of an anti-corruption organization in Italy has set himself on fire in a show of protest against illegal loans.<\/p>\n<p>Frediano Manzi torched himself in front of the Milan headquarters of Italian media company RAI on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Manzi had written a letter to the company earlier, explaining why he was setting himself on fire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am &ldquo;doing it for the victims of usury that no one helps,&rdquo; Manzi wrote in his letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHe was found by a passing tram driver who quickly put out the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The activist is in a serious but non-life threatening condition after suffering third-degree burns all over his body.<\/p>\n<p>Many Italians can no longer obtain bank loans due to the economic crisis, causing them to turn to unlawful entities who offer loans in return for exorbitant interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>MRS\/HMV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}