Italy takes to the streets for anarchist on hunger strike
Protest marches were held across the country in solidarity with Cospito, 55, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days due to being held in strict solitary confinement in prison, and to protest the strict conditions of isolation, known as “41bis” in the public.
The march, which started from Vittorio Emanuele 2, one of the busiest squares in the capital of Rome, continued to Via Prenestina under extensive security measures.
During the march, which was attended by approximately 800 people, protesters frequently lit torches and detonated sound bombs.
The security forces intervened against the demonstrators who wanted to erect barricades in the street. In the small-scale fight that broke out, 2 people were injured and 3 people were detained.
It was reported that a function for Cospito was held in this city, which was held in the Milan Opera Prison.
It was reported that more than 200 protesters gathered near the prison where Cospito was being held and tried to get closer to fears of the prison, throwing stones and explosives at security forces, members of the press, and the prison.
In support of Alfredo Cospito, demonstrations were held in Rome and Milan, as well as in the cities of Bari and Cagliari.
CALL FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
Although the Cospito situation sparked debates between the government and the opposition, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in a letter to the daily Corriere della Sera, warned that the situation had escalated because of the anarchists and that this could lead to different results. Meloni recalled that her party called on parliamentarians and everyone to tone down the Cospito issue.
The anarchist leader Cospito, who is serving 10 years in prison for his sentence for attacking state security in various events in which he participated, has been in strict isolation since May 2022, within the framework of the law known to the public as “41bis”, considering that it incited violence in the messages it sent outside the prison.
Alfredo Cospito was transferred from the Sassari prison to the Milan Opera prison on January 30, at the request of his lawyers and with the approval of the prosecution, after losing 40 kilograms due to a hunger strike that he had maintained for more than 100 days to protest. the strict isolation from him.
BURNED THE VEHICLES OF THE DIPLOMATS
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the entrance to the Italian Consulate General in Barcelona, Spain, was destroyed on January 28 and the car of the Italian diplomat working at the embassy in Berlin, the capital of Germany, was rammed. . fire.
An incident similar to the one in Berlin took place on December 3, 2022, when the car of the chief secretary of the Italian Embassy in Athens, the capital of Greece, caught fire.
It was stated that the acts of violence in question were carried out by anarchist groups in order to protest the situation of the hunger striker Cospito. (AA)