Italian anarchist’s hunger strike rekindles debate over harsh prison regime

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Alfredo Cospito has lost 45kg during protest over solitary confinement and says he ‘just wants to live’

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An Italian anarchist on hunger strike over a harsh prison regime usually reserved for mafia bosses has said he “just wants to live”, as his supporters reportedly threatened a serious attack in connection to his case.

Cospito, 55, is serving time for shooting the boss of an energy company in the leg in 2012, and in connection to a 2006 bomb attack on a police academy in Fossano, a town in Piedmont, which caused no injuries, as well as other non-fatal attacks.Photograph: Cecilia Fabiano/Rex/Shutterstock Cospito is continuing his hunger strike in a quest to improve conditions in 41-bis, according to Michele Usuelli, a doctor and regional councillor in Lombardy with the small leftwing party +Europa, who visited him in the clinic of the Opera prison. Prisoners in the regime are banned from reading and have access only to three national radio stations. Cospito was prevented from keeping a photo of his late parents in his cell.

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