Overview
- Judges found violations of Articles 1 and 5 of the Scelba law tied to a 2018 attack on antifascist demonstrators in Bari, convicting 12 defendants and acquitting five.
- Five received one year and six months for the Scelba offenses alone, seven got two years and six months including injuries, and several face five-year suspensions of political rights.
- The court ordered compensation to civil parties, including victims Eleonora Forenza, Antonio Perillo, Giacomo Petrelli and Claudio Riccio, as well as Anpi, Rifondazione Comunista, the City of Bari and the Puglia Region.
- Opposition groups Avs, PD and M5S demanded that Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi brief Parliament and issue a decree to dissolve CasaPound and clear its occupied Rome headquarters.
- Forza Italia’s spokesperson argued dissolution is not for the government to decide and noted the ruling targets militants rather than the organization, while written reasons are due within 90 days and precedents from the 1970s are being cited.