Sergio D'Elia
The Honourable Sergio D'Elia | |
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Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 2006–2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
May 5th, 1952 Pontecorvo, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Political party |
Radical Party (1986-1989) Pannella List (1989-1996) Bonino List (1996-2001) Italian Radicals (2001-present) |
Other political affiliations |
Transnational Radical Party (1989-present) |
Spouse(s) |
Mariateresa Di Lascia (deceased in 1994) Elisabetta Zamparutti |
Profession | politician |
Sergio D'Elia (born May 5, 1952, in Pontecorvo, Italy) is an Italian politician, activist and former left-wing terrorist, now a Nonviolent advocate and human rights' supporter.[1]
D'Elia spent 12 years in prison for his affiliation to terrorist organization Prima Linea; in 1986 he abandoned the armed struggle and communism's ideology for accedes to like-left libertarianism position, entering in Radical Party (a socially liberal and libertarian political organization).[1]
Then, he founded in Rome (1993), with his first wife Mariateresa Di Lascia, Marco Pannella and former EU commissioner Emma Bonino (all politicians of Radical Party) the non-government group Hands Off Cain ("Nessuno tocchi Caino"), that fights against death penalty and torture in the world.[1]
The great success of D'Elia and HOC was the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty (2007), proposed by Italy's government.[2]
He was an Italian Parliament member from 2006 to 2008.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 3 (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
- ↑ Comment on moratorium
- ↑ Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule