Overview
- The ruling closes Cospito’s Strasbourg case after Italian courts had already upheld the special regime imposed in May 2022.
- The court referenced a detailed ministerial order describing his ongoing dangerousness, including links to anarchist networks and prison writings tied by authorities to identifying targets.
- Judges said his health deterioration resulted from a voluntary hunger strike from October 20, 2022, to April 9, 2023, with daily monitoring by prison doctors and external NHS specialists.
- Defense lawyer Flavio Rossi Albertini called the decision expected and said attention now turns to opinions that will inform any renewal decision when the four-year term expires in May 2026.
- The affair triggered months of protests and political confrontation in Italy, reinforcing a wider debate over the proportionality and transparency of the 41-bis regime.