The demands are addressed to the European Court in Strasburg, where
> they shall be deposed this week.
> The delegation was granted a meeting with the hon. Giusto
> Catania (SE-GUE) and was later received, amongst others, in the
> offices of: Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella, Vittorio
> Prodi, Gerard Duprez, Martine Roure, Sophie In't'Veld and Katelijne
> Buitenweg.
> On the 5th of November a letter signed by life detention prisoners
> Carmelo Musumeci, Giovanni Spada
> and
> Sebastiano Milazzo was also presented to Jacques Barrot, who directs
> the commission dealing with ‘Justice, Safeness and Freedom’ also body

> of the European Parliament.
> On initiative of the hon. Giusto Catania, the appropriate offices of
> the European parliament will also be conducting a research into life
> detention as applied in countries throughout the union, while
> ‘Liberarsi’ will work on the preparation of a detailed report
> containing information and data on detention conditions and other
> aspects of life in prison, as described by the more than 1300
> prisoners themselves, many of whom are detained in high security
sections.
> With the symbolical presentation of the requests for legal review of
> procedures in Brussels, the ‘Never Say Never’ campaign for abolition
> of life detention officially opens.
> Starting from the first of December and on to the end of March 2009,
> hundreds of life detention prisoners in all the Italian regions will
> go on hunger strike for a week in every region.
> With them and in solidarity with their cause, also many ex-offenders,

> prisoners and family members as well as friends and voluntary helpers

> belonging to various organisations will take part in the hunger
> strike, while public discussions, concerts and various other
> initiatives will also take place so as to
> Awake public opinion to the problems related to life detention
> As well as attracting the interest of the political class.
> But the ‘Never Say Never’ campaign also has a truly European opening
> as it has already received support from organizations and groups from

> various other countries such as Spain, the UK, France and Portugal.
> On the 4^th of November ’08, the Norwegian ‘KROM’, the most important

> organisation dealing with problems related to the application of
> justice in that area of Europe, told press officials that it
expresses
> its solidarity with the Italian lifers and invited Italian
authorities
> to ‘take the necessary measures to abolish life detention’.
> For further information on the ‘Never Say Never’ campaign contact:
> Associazione Liberarsi
> via Tavanti, 20 - 50134 Florence Italy
> tel. (0039).055.473070
> Mobile (0039).339.1300058
> E-mail:  assliberarsi@tiscali.it
>