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Jailed anarchist renews scrutiny of Italy’s harsh prison regime

Jailed anarchist renews scrutiny of Italy’s harsh prison regime

ROME: The failing health of an incarcerated anarchist has rekindled debate in Italy over hard prison time usually reserved for mafia bosses, with the new right-wing government vowing not to cave in.Around 730 people behind bars in Italy are subject to the country’s highly restrictive detention regime known as “41-bis” -- among them anarchist Alfredo Cospito, 55.Cospito, sentenced to a total of three decades in jail for two separate attacks, has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days at a prison in Sardinia to protest his 41-bis.Amnesty International is among those concerned by his fate, while supporters say his treatment, which includes near-total isolation and severe restrictions on family visits, amounts to torture.His worsening health has triggered outrage among anarchists across Europe, with last weekend alone seeing Italy's consulate in Barcelona vandalised, a diplomat's car in Berlin set ablaze and a molotov cocktail hurled at a Rome police station.On Tuesday, Prime Minis

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