Violent protests against the
construction of a high-speed rail (TAV) line in Val di Susa
north of Turin were not terrorism, Italy's top court ruled
Tuesday, rejecting an appeal from Turin prosecutors. The
Cassation Court confirmed a three-and-a-half-year sentence for
four 'no TAV' activists, Claudio Alberti, Niccolò Blasi, Chiara
Zenobi and Mattia Zanotti, who were found guilty of throwing
molotov cocktails against the work site at Chiomonte in 2015. No
TAV protests have been going on for years in the Val di Susa
along the route of the Turin-Lyon link. Activists say the line
wreaks huge environmental damage in a pristine Alpine valley and
causes unacceptable disruption and pollution.
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