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Fourteen activists restricted before No Tav festival opens in Turin

Fourteen activists restricted before No Tav festival opens in Turin

Turin police chief Massimo Gambino issued 14 preventive measures against antagonist movement members before the No Tav festival opens July 25 in Venaus.

Before a single day of the Festival dell'Alta Felicità had begun, fourteen people linked to Italy's antagonist movement received legal restrictions on their movement, according to ANSA. Turin's chief of police, Massimo Gambino, issued the measures ahead of the No Tav movement's tenth annual festival, set for July 25–26 in Venaus, in the Valle di Susa. 🔹 What happened: Nine of the fourteen measures are urban Daspo orders lasting six months, targeting individuals considered responsible for offenses at previous demonstrations. The remaining five are mandatory fogli di via — formal orders requiring individuals to leave or stay away from specified areas — with durations between six months and one year, issued for violating a prefectural ordinance that prohibited groups of demonstrators from traveling toward the San Didero construction site. The Questura framed all measures as preventive activity tied to the upcoming event. 🔹 Why it matters: For the fourteen people directly affected, the consequences are immediate and concrete: restricted access to specific areas for periods extending up to one year. Several face these restrictions before any incident has occurred at this year's festival. The No Tav movement has organized in the Valle di Susa for years in opposition to the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail project, and the region has seen repeated confrontations between demonstrators and security forces. The use of administrative orders — which operate outside criminal proceedings — to limit participation raises questions about the boundary between public order management and the right to demonstrate. 📌 EPM Take: The most specific detail in this story is also the most overlooked: the fogli di via were issued for violating a prefectural ordinance at San Didero — a prior, documented act — while the Daspo orders target individuals with records from previous demonstrations. These are not arbitrary restrictions; they are extensions of existing legal proceedings. Yet the timing matters. Issuing fourteen orders before the tenth edition of a recurring festival signals that Italian authorities treat the No Tav event as an ongoing public order variable, not a discrete gathering. The scenario nobody names: if all fourteen individuals had complied with prior ordinances, would the festival be operating under a different security posture today?
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