October 19th, 2012 Over a month after their arrest, comrades Nicola Gai and Alfredo Cospito remain in solitary confinement, currently in the prison of Sanremo; namely they undergo personal body search and cell search every morning, they are not allowed to contact each other or communicate with other prisoners, they […]
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September with whomever you want? On Friday, September 14th, Nicola and Alfredo were arrested –anarchists known for years in Turin and Italy– on charges that are not exactly the lightest: attack with intent of terrorism for the wounding of the CEO of Ansaldo Nucleare, action claimed in May 2012 by […]
Nicola and Alfredo were transferred to Sanremo prison in Imperia. New address: Nicola Gai Alfredo Cospito Casa Circondariale, via Armea 144 IT-18038 Sanremo, Imperia
September 18th Alfredo and Nicola remain in the same prison (‘Le Vallette’ of Turin). It is not yet known if and when they will be transferred to another prison. In the meantime, they have prohibition of meetings with each other or family members and with other anarchists. The court hearing […]
After a long summer during which operations “Ardire”, “Mangiafuoco”, “Ixodidae (Zecca)” and “Thor” were launched, anarchists take first place among the internal enemy that must be sterilized to avoid dangerous and virulent contagion of hostilities and struggle… A new repressive operation, organized by Genoa’s prosecutor after the kneecapping of Roberto […]
According to an initial report on linksunten.indymedia, on July 13th, 2012, the first senate of the Supreme Court of Cassation (the highest court in the Italian judicial system) partially confirmed the harsh verdict against the ten accused activists. Prosecuted for the street battles against the G8 summit in Genoa in […]
Communiqué (29/6) by Italian comrades who were arrested during the December 2009 demonstration in Athens: THE DISTURBERS OF COMMUNAL PEACE The background On the night of December 6th, 2008, two police officers on patrol in the streets of Exarchia, popular neighbourhood of Athens, shoot to death the 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos. […]
The new Inquisition, anarchists hunting The witch hunt continues! Just like the inquisitions once, yet this time the victims are not women suspected of witchcraft but anarchists accused of terrorism, word that is very much in vogue for nearly 12 years. This time, however, the news we receive upset us […]
Informa-Azione receives and transmits: June 13th: In the context of the operation ‘ardire’, which resulted to arrest warrants against ten comrades this morning, we’d like to mention the raids in homes of three comrades in Naples and one in Spigno Saturnia (Latina). The ROS carabiniers have seized computers, hard disk, […]
previous related update here At 4 o’clock in the morning of June 13th, 2012, the carabiniers of the Special Operations Group (Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale, ROS) raided about forty homes, implementing the so-called ‘operation boldness’ (operazione ardire), a crackdown against people from the anarchist movement ordered by Manuela Comodi, public prosecutor […]
People’s assembly on Thursday, March 8th, at 21.00 in CAP in via Albertazzi 3 Protest demo on Sunday, March 11th, at 18.00 in Piazza De Ferrari & solidarity gathering outside Marassi prisons at 20.00
We haven’t forgiven the death of Carlo Giuliani; an Italian activist born in 1978, he was one of millions of protesters who participated in the Genoa’s demos against the G8 leaders’ violence. Comrades had witnessed his assassination by Italian riot police’s Carabinieri in 20 July 2001. After nine years, still […]