Sergio D'Elia (born 5 May 1952 in Pontecorvo, Italy) is an Italian politician, activist and former

left-wing terrorist Left-wing terrorism or far-left terrorism is terrorism committed with the aim of overthrowing current capitalist systems and replacing them with communist or socialist societies. Left-wing terrorism can also occur within already socialist sta ...

, now a human rights supporter and advocate of

non-violence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

. Diego Galli, Michele Lembo, Elisabetta Zamparutti
''The real story of "terrorist" Sergio D'Elia'' (italian title: ''L'autentica storia del "terrorista" Sergio D'Elia''
/ref> D'Elia spent 12 years in prison for his affiliation to the terrorist organization

Prima Linea Prima Linea (in English: "Front Line", literally "First Line") was an Italian left-wing terrorist group, active in the country from the late 1970s until the early 1980s. Context Following the 1969-70 large-scale series of industrial action in ...

; in 1986 he abandoned the armed struggle and

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

ideology by adopting a

left libertarian Left-libertarianism,Bookchin, Murray; Biehl, Janet (1997). ''The Murray Bookchin Reader''. New York: Cassell. p. 170.Goodway, David (2006). '' Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to ...

position, and soon joined the Radical Party (a socially liberal and libertarian political organization). 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"), which fights against the death penalty and torture in the world. The great success of D'Elia and HOC was the

United Nations moratorium on the death penalty At Italy's instigation, the UN moratorium on the death penalty resolution was presented by the EU in partnership with eight co-author member States to the General Assembly of the United Nations, calling for general suspension (not abolition) ...

(2007), proposed by Italy's government. He was an Italian Parliament member from 2006 to 2008.Sergio D'Elia deputate's schedule
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External links

Hands Off Cain Official Website (English version)
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Elia, Sergio 1952 births Living people People from Pontecorvo Radical Party (Italy) politicians Italian Radicals politicians Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Politicians of Lazio Nonviolence advocates Years of Lead (Italy) Italian communists Terrorism in Italy Italian revolutionaries People convicted on terrorism charges Italian libertarians Anti–death penalty activists Italian activists Italian human rights activists