Sergio D'Elia

The Honourable
Sergio D'Elia
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
2006–2008
Personal details
Born May 5, 1952 (1952-05-05) (age 64)
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. 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
  2. Comment on moratorium
  3. Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule
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