May 15, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy: About the sentence in “Scripta Manent” trial and update on comrade Marco Bisesti
About the sentence in the “Scripta Manent” trial On April 24, the Turin Court of Assizes issued the first instance sentence for the “Scripta Manent” trial (which followed the repressive operation in which five comrades were arrested on September 6, … Continue reading
April 24, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy: Operation Scripta Manent Sentences 24/4/2019
Anarchist comrades sentenced Alfredo Cospito to 20 years,Anna Beniamino to 17 years,Nicola Gai to 9 years,Alessandro Mercogliano and Marco Bisesti to 5 years each. The other accused were acquitted. HEALTH IS IN YOU! croceneranarchica.
March 27, 2019
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Comments Off on Turin, Italy : Expulsion orders following the latest hearing of the ”Scripta Manent” trial
THE TRICKLE OF MEASURES CONTINUES DETERMINATION CONTINUES TO GROW Yet another expulsion order from Turin delivered following one of the numerous actions of solidarity with those who struggle and those who are struck by repression. In particular this order refers … Continue reading
March 18, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy : Anarchist comrade Gioacchino Somma’s final declaration to the court of the trial of ”Scripta Manent” in Turin
Today, two years since the beginning of this trial in which I am accused along with the others, my anarchist comrades, brothers and sisters, and after letting this public prosecutor with an unsurprisingly sick imagination talk, I reiterate all the … Continue reading
March 7, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy: ”Scripta Manent” – P.M. requests for sentencing
The Turin Public prosecutor Roberto Maria Sparagna made the following requests for sentencing of those accused in the ‘Scripta Manent’ trial: Alfredo Cospito: 30 years Anna Beniamino: 29 years Gioacchino Somma: 7 years and 6 months Valentina Speziale, Marco Bisesti, … Continue reading
February 24, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy : Text read in solidarity to anarchists under trial following Scripta Manent operation
[Below in French and Italian / Sotto in francese ed italiano]. Text read in solidarity to anarchists under trial following Scripta Manent operation On Monday 11 February in the bunker hall of the Turin prison a large group of comrades expressed their solidarity with the anarchists on trial following the … Continue reading
February 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Cremona, Italy : Tattoo Circus Benefit for those caught up in operation Scripta Manent
22 Feb 2019 – 23 Feb 2019 TATTOO CIRCUS Benefit for those caught up in operation Scripta Manent Tattoo Circus is a solidarity initiative that takes place in various anarchist places; its aim is to support some prisoners and paths … Continue reading
February 12, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy : Presence in court in solidarity with those on trial for Scripta Manent
11TH FEBRUARY 2019, 9AM SOLIDARITY PRESENCE IN COURT AT THE SCRIPTA MANENT TRIAL The first phase of the Scripta Manent trial, following which seven comrades have been locked up in pre-trial detention for over two years, will come to an … Continue reading
January 28, 2019
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Comments Off on Italy : NEW SOLIDARITY CARD FOR ”SCRIPTA MANENT”
There has been a change in the postepay card number for paying money in support of the comrades on trial for operation ”Scripta Manent”: 5333 1710 7777 2446 Those who prefer to make a bank transfer can contact us through … Continue reading
December 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Milan, Italy : Meeting in solidarity with those on trial for ”operation Scripta Manent”
The first part of the trial for operation ”Scripta Manent’‘, for which seven comrades have been locked up in pre-trial detention for over two years, is due to end in the early months of 2019, with the first-grade sentence. As … Continue reading
December 12, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy : Updates on the ‘Scripta Manent’ trial
At the hearing on 14th November a calendar of future hearings was once again announced after the expert appointed by the court to transcribe phone tapping asked for more time, obtained a 60-day extension and a second expert was also … Continue reading
October 4, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy : April-July , 2018 reports on the “Scripta Manent” trial
After the hearing of winter 2018, mainly reports on specific alleged facts against the accused and the outline of the accusatory scheme on the crime of association according to the Digos of Turin, from 8th April to 16th May some … Continue reading
September 29, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy : Updates on the Scripta Manent trial
During today’s hearing (12th September), the judge confirmed that tomorrow’s hearing (13th September) was cancelled owing to a defense consultant’s sick leave. Therefore the hearing that was due tomorrow 13th September will be held on a date to be decided. … Continue reading
September 20, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy – ‘Scripta Manent’ pamphlet (it)
On the ‘Scripta Manent’ trial – News, texts, communiques, actions… DOWNLOAD PDF: A4 document and A5 pamphlet A pamphlet which revisits the almost two years that have passed since the beginning of operation Scripta Manent, reconstructing the events that have … Continue reading
August 8, 2018
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Comments Off on Volano, Italy : Repeater burnt, writings in solidarity with the anarchists of Operation ”Scripta Manent”
We learn from the local media that in the first light of dawn on Saturday 4 August an incendiary attack destroyed the Wind and Vodafone repeater near the railway underpass of Volano in Trentino. The fire spread throughout the pylon … Continue reading
July 27, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy: Appeal for financial solidarity to the comrades in Operation ”Scripta Manent”
Appeal for financial solidarity to the comrades in Operation Scripta Manent (Italy) About a year since its inception, the Scripta Manent process will resume in September. The hearings were scheduled weekly until November 22. Given the pace of court appointments, … Continue reading
July 5, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy – ”Operation Scripta Manent”: on witnesses’ statements in the bunker court
A witness, a so-called ‘person informed of the facts’, is always a prosecutor’s product. An identity, a role, a belonging are built up around the individual, according to the use that the counterpart wants to make of it. A summons, … Continue reading
June 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy – Request for the release of two comrades arrested in operation Scripta Manent rejected (05/06/2018)
On 5th June 2018 a request for the release of anarchist comrades Alessandro Mercogliano and Marco Bisesti was rejected; the comrades have been held in pre-trial detention since September 2016, after being arrested in the context of operation ‘Scripta Manent’. … Continue reading
June 8, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy – ”Scripta Manent” trial: solidarity presence in court 14/06
Anyone who forgets the prisoners of the social war has forgotten the war itself! (Paris, 2016) The State is striking anarchists and revolutionaries and will continue to do so for as long as they are worthy of their name. The … Continue reading
May 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Italy: Declaration of “Scripta Manent” accused at the hearing of May 31st
In view of the presence in solidarity at the court on 31 March, we are writing these few lines to reaffirm a few fundamental concepts regarding this trial and the court carrying it out. First of all, we reaffirm our … Continue reading