Operation City: outcome of the preliminary hearing of September 30 and new precautionary measures following an appeal by the Turin public prosecutor’s office (Italy)
On September 30th, the second preliminary hearing regarding “City” repressive operation (a case concerning the March 4th, 2023, demonstration in Turin in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito at that time on hunger strike against 41 bis prison regime and life imprisonment without possibility of parole) was held at the Court of Turin, where it was decided to indict 18 comrades for all charges (“devastation and looting”, “violence or threatening a public official”, “resisting a public official” with various aggravating circumstances). The first hearing has been set for May 27th, 2025.
In the meantime, a hearing ordered with the rite of immediate judgement will be held on March 24th for a comrade whose position was separated at the preliminary hearing.
Finally, it was reported on October 18th that the Court of Appeal of Turin, on the basis of an appeal by prosecutor Scafi, following the hearing held on September 30th ordered a further 14 precautionary measures for as many comrades – one under house arrest, eight with the obligation to stay in the municipality of residence together with the obligation to sign on a daily basis at a police station, three with the obligation to sign on a daily basis, two with the obligation to sign four days a week – in reference to some events that took place during the concentration in the square on the afternoon of March 4th, 2023.
Repression is answered with struggle!
Solidarity with the defendants!
Freedom for everyone!
[Published in English, with some corrections and additions by “La Nemesi”, in https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2024/10/29/operation-city-outcome-of-the-preliminary-hearing-of-september-30-and-new-precautionary-measures-following-an-appeal-by-the-turin-public-prosecutors-office-italy/ | Italian update originally published in https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2024/10/29/operazione-city-esito-delludienza-preliminare-del-30-settembre-e-nuove-misure-cautelari-a-seguito-di-un-ricorso-della-procura-di-torino/]
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(IT) Operazione City: esito dell’udienza preliminare del 30 settembre e nuove misure cautelari a seguito di un ricorso della procura di Torino
(EN) Operation City: outcome of the preliminary hearing of September 30 and new precautionary measures following an appeal by the Turin public prosecutor’s office (Italy)
