Cagliari, anarchists in the square: "No to 41 bis, Sardinia is not a prison colony"

Even in Cagliari people take to the streets to show solidarity with Alfredo Cospito . About a hundred people took part in the sit in Piazza Garibaldi this evening "against the 41 bis and life imprisonment, against the repression of the Italian state and the use of Sardinia as a prison colony" , explained the organizers.

A peaceful garrison during which banners with the words "On the side of those who fight" and "The state kills in prisons, all free, all free" were displayed.

«A gruesome system - said one of the demonstrators in a speech on the microphone - the case of Aldo Scardella in Cagliari comes to mind, sentenced to prison before being judged. We know how it ended (protagonist of a judicial error, he committed suicide in prison, ed). I express the wish that things can change».

«But what kind of democracy - Salvatore Drago, Usb stressed -, if prison is used to redeem, because there is life imprisonment which never means the end of the sentence? ».

Many chants for the anarchist: " Fuori Alfredo dal 41 bis " the loudest.

"The State - the organizers of the garrison explain in a note - does not accept being questioned: the searches of a few days ago in Nuoro against three comrades accused of instigating a crime for a banner in solidarity with Alfredo's struggle are only the closest example to us. Meanwhile, the trial of those who fought against the military occupation in recent years continues in the court of Cagliari».

The demonstrations in Rome and Milan were less peaceful. In the capital, the demonstrators (some with distorted faces), having arrived in via Prenestina, began throwing bottles at the forces of order, forced to lighten up charges to repel them . Some were arrested and taken to the police station.

Even the garrison in front of the Opera prison where Cospito is currently being held was not entirely calm. Some demonstrators approached the penitentiary's security fence, throwing stones and smoke bombs inside. Then insults and spits began towards the police forces .

(Unioneonline/L)