The Turin Prosecutor’s Office has requested 18 restrictive measures, including mandatory check-ins and residency bans, as part of an investigation into Pro-Palestine mobilizations in the Piedmontese capital between November and December 2024. Precautionary interrogations began this morning at the courthouse.
The charges relate to incidents during four separate demonstrations. These include the November 13th occupation of the entrance to the Leonardo SpA defense company. All the individuals targeted by the requests have no prior criminal records and are predominantly young or very young adults, either independents or affiliated with student committees.
The “Pro Pal” mobilization combined solidarity with Palestine with protests against the Meloni government’s policies. The four demonstrations in question occurred on November 13 (Leonardo occupation), November 15 (rush into the Mole Antonelliana), November 29 (protest in front of the prefecture and march to Porta Nuova train station), and December 13. Some events saw tensions and scuffles with law enforcement.
For the incidents at Leonardo and the Mole Antonelliana, the charge is private violence. Other episodes are being treated as resistance to a public official, and in one case involving eggs thrown at the prefecture, as insult.
The defense lawyers have contested much of the factual reconstruction by the Digos police and the prosecutor. They have objected due to a lack of precautionary needs, their clients’ clean records, and the fact that those targeted by the proposed residency bans already live permanently in Turin for study or work, a condition which they argue should preclude the application of such a measure.
This follows seven similar requests made by the prosecutor last July for five other antagonist protests held in 2023 and 2024. Following the recent completion of those precautionary interrogations, a judge has taken the case under advisement.