Sergio D'Elia
Sergio D'Elia | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1952 Pontecorvo, Italy |
| Party | PR (1986–1989) LP (1989–1996) LB (1996–2001) RI (2001–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PRT (1989–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mariateresa Di Lascia (deceased in 1994) Elisabetta Zamparutti |
| Profession | Politician |
Sergio D'Elia (born 5 May 1952) is an Italian politician, activist, and former left-wing terrorist who became a human rights supporter and advocate of non-violence.[1] D'Elia spent 12 years in prison for his affiliation to the terrorist organization Prima Linea; in 1986, he abandoned the Marxist–Leninist armed struggle by adopting a left-libertarian position, and soon joined the Radical Party (a social liberal and libertarian political organization).[1]
In 1993, D'Elia founded in Rome, with his first wife Mariateresa Di Lascia, Marco Pannella, and former EU commissioner Emma Bonino (all politicians of the Radical Party), the non-government group Hands Off Cain (Nessuno tocchi Caino), which fights against the death penalty and torture in the world.[1] The biggest accomplishment of D'Elia and Hands Off Cain was the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty in 2007, proposed by Italy's government.[2]
D'Elia was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2008.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c (in Italian) Diego Galli, Michele Lembo, Elisabetta Zamparutti, The real story of "terrorist" Sergio D'Elia (italian title: L'autentica storia del "terrorista" Sergio D'Elia Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Comment on moratorium
- ^ "Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2014.