Saturday, 19th Feb, 2005

I am just back from walking the streets of Rome with half a million others.

I was on a march in support of Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq. The event put most known sites of ancient Rome -the Forum, the Colosseum - into a new context. The march ended at the Circo Massimo, where marchers placed candles on the banks, and a massive screen data projected Guiliana's face, and her photographs, to the thousands gathered in the cold and the dimming light.

Here are some more images.

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Posted at Feb 21/2005 01:57 AM:
Daniel Meadows: I have been very moved by the story of Giuliana Sgrena and delighted that so many turned out to support her in Italy. I just hope that somehow she gets to hear that so many of us have her in our thoughts and that her captors find it in their hearts to be merciful.