‘Terrorist' Train Activist Sentenced

There were riots in Turin, Italy, on 30th Jan after Silvano Pellissero was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison. His crime? According to the state prosecutor, Tatangelo, "Pellissero and those like him are dangerous for the democratic state, not so much for the nature of their crimes, but for the popular consensus which they create in a potentially explosive social situation."

3 people, Silvano, Soledad Maria Rosas and Edoardo Massari were the scapegoats of a continued crackdown by the Italian authorities on people labelled as "terrorists". Despite no evidence, they were accused of being involved in the Grey Wolves, a so-called eco-terrorist group which allegedly "sabotaged" a building site for high speed trains in the Northern Italian Alps.

The Italian state used special terrorism laws to keep the three in prison despite lack of evidence against them. This led to first Edoardo, then Sole a month later to commit suicide (knowing the reputation of the Italian police in causing "accidental deaths of anarchists" some people seriously question these suicides).

A protest in solidarity with the Italian activists was planned in front of the Italian Embassy, London, on Wednesday 23rd February. Contact: si-losquat@tiscalinet.it