Preliminary hearing for the Sibilla operation: postponement to January 15 in Perugia (Italy)
The preliminary hearing of October 10th in the so-called Sibilla repressive operation, which involves twelve anarchists, including Alfredo Cospito, who is detained under 41 bis prison regime in Bancali prison (Sassari) and connected through videoconference (obligatory under 41 bis), ended with a postponement due to lack of notification.
Initially scheduled to take place at the court in via XIV Settembre, the building that serves as the court of preliminary investigation (this is usually where interrogations of guarantees, re-examinations and preliminary hearings are held), it was only when they entered the courtroom that the tireless officials of the administration of justice realised that there were no suitable rooms in that building for hearings using videoconferencing. Therefore, the hearing was hurriedly moved to the central seat of the court of Perugia in piazza Matteotti.
Several accused comrades, including Alfredo himself, asked to be allowed to make spontaneous statements, but were met with firm opposition by chief prosecutor Raffaele Cantone, who replaced the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Manuela Comodi, after she ran into some legal troubles; all this in a paradoxical situation in which it was the prosecution that asked for a postponement, without the official opening of the hearing and therefore also without being able to make statements.
The comrades who were present (we remember that the preliminary hearing is held behind closed doors) managed to ‘greet’ Alfredo on camera and even made themselves heard on the microphone for a brief moment, upsetting the judge and prosecutor. Alfredo responded to the greetings by waving and raising his fists cheerfully.
Outside the courtroom, a gathering of some twenty comrades reiterated their solidarity with Alfredo, the defence of the anarchist publications, and the denunciation of the authoritarian turn underway as an expression of the politics of war.
The next appointment is therefore for January 15th in Perugia, at 10 a.m., in piazza Matteotti. Reaffirming our solidarity with Alfredo and our determination to defend the agibility of the anarchist press, we invite the comrades to be present in solidarity on this occasion as well.
Some defendants and comrades in solidarity
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(IT) Udienza preliminare per l’operazione Sibilla: rinvio al 15 gennaio a Perugia
(EN) Preliminary hearing for the Sibilla operation: postponement to January 15 in Perugia (Italy)
(DE) Vorläufige Anhörung zur Operation Sibilla: Verschiebung auf den 15. Januar in Perugia (Italien)
