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 May 2013.
The top appeals court upheld their December 2015 convictions
for damaging property, possessing molotov cocktails and
resisting arrest.
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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