Sergio D'Elia





































The Honourable


Sergio D'Elia

Sergio D'Elia.jpg
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

In office
2006–2008

Personal details
Born
5 May 1952 (1952-05-05) (age 66)
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 5 May 1952 in Pontecorvo, Italy) is an Italian politician, activist and former left-wing terrorist, now 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 armed struggle and Marxist ideology by adopting a left libertarian position, and soon joined the 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"), which fights against the 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. ^ abc (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


  2. ^ Comment on moratorium


  3. ^ Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule



External links


  • Hands Off Cain Official Website (English version)



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