(ANSA) - Turin, September 21 - The Turin prosecutor's office
on Monday asked a judge to sentence writer Erri De Luca to eight
months in jail for instigation to commit a crime.
In printed interviews, De Luca allegedly encouraged the
'sabotage' of the construction yard for the TAV high-speed rail
link between Turin and Lyon.
Judges in the case said "when De Luca speaks, his words
have a determining weight, above all on the 'No-TAV' movement".
De Luca said he feels the sentence is a statement about
lack of free speech.
"I'm a witness of the willingness to censor speech. This
sentence will be a message on freedom of expression," De Luca
said.
Prosecutor asks for eight months for writer in No-TAV case
Erri De Luca allegedly called for 'sabotage' of high-speed train