Alfredo Cospito , the anarchist at 41 bis who was imprisoned in Bancali until yesterday, has been transferred to the Opera prison in Milan. He has been on hunger strike for 104 days to protest against the harsh prison regime, he has lost 40 kilos and his health conditions are constantly deteriorating.

Hence the decision to move him to a facility - the intensified assistance service pavilion - where he can be treated: "Protecting the health of every prisoner is an absolute priority," said Justice Minister Carlo Nordio. Cospito, however, remains at 41 bis : in the communiqué released after the council of ministers, it is explained that "for the part of his competence", Minister Nordio "does not consider revoking the regime referred to in article 41 bis", precisely that of prison hard.

The request to revise the measure, advanced by Cospito's lawyer to the Minister of Justice, therefore seems destined not to be accepted , while we have to wait until March 7 for the examination of the Cassation on the appeal presented by the same lawyer. Meanwhile, explains the lawyer Flavio Rossi Albertini, his client "will not accept food supplies and will certainly continue the hunger strike" . Cospito has already been examined by the doctors of the Milanese prison, who found him calm. And, at the moment, they have judged his health conditions not incompatible with the prison regime to which he is subjected .

"The state is not intimidated by those who think they are threatening its officials," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated, referring to the various episodes not only in Italy but also abroad ( Athens , Berlin and Barcelona ) attributable to the anarchist sphere. The latest in chronological order: in the night between Sunday and Monday in Milan two local police cars were set on fire with Molotov cocktails , while in Rome the same fate befell five Tim cars.
Around the figure of Cospito the world linked to the informal anarchist federation has coagulated with its consolidated ties with militants from countries such as Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Chile. But there is also the welding of different souls of antagonism. It is a threat "that we do not underestimate", said Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. The Anti-Terrorism Strategic Analysis Committee will meet at the Viminale on Thursday to examine the situation. The police forces and 007 have warned of the risk of a leap in quality of the actions - at the moment mostly of a demonstrative nature - in parallel with the prison story of the prisoner.

Meanwhile, many from the opposition have asked for a review of the sentence, contesting the government's hard line. For the senator of the Democratic Party, Carlo Cottarelli, removing the 41 bis is not "giving in to blackmail, which is always wrong, but acknowledging a mistake". His fellow party member and former justice minister, Andrea Orlando, notes that if Cospito died in prison he would become a "martyr", strengthening the anarchists. According to Senator Ilaria Cucchi (Ivs) Cospito «is not a mafia boss and has not killed anyone. Forcing him to life imprisonment under the 41 bis regime was a clear forcing and a colossal mistake». The Guarantor of the prisoners, Mauro Palma, for his part, invites us to ask ourselves whether for the anarchist «the 41 bis is needed or if, for example, a censorship with respect to any written or forms of communication cannot be enough».

(Unioneonline/D)

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