Sergio D'Elia

Sergio D'Elia
Sergio D'Elia
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 2006–2008
Personal details
Born	5 May 1952 (age 72); Pontecorvo, Italy
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) 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

^ ^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
^ Comment on moratorium
^ Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule

External links

Hands Off Cain Official Website (English version)

[story-1] (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

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