UK director Ken Loach and Nobel literature laureate Dario Fo are among intellectuals supporting an appeal filed Tuesday to a Permanent Tribunal of Peoples (TPP) against the high-speed TAV train line being built through the Alpine Valsusa area, organisers say.
Also among those signing the protest organised by the
Valsusa Counter-observatory movement headed by retired
magistrate Livo Pepino were French economist Serge Latouche,
sociologist Luciano Gallino and designer Ellekappa.
So-called 'No-TAV' protesters have staged demonstrations
for years to try and halt the work on the high-speed rail
connection in the Alpine pass, arguing that it will upset the
ecological balance in the area.
The appeal is believed to be the first of its kind in Italy
or Europe to the TPP, an independent body that issues opinions
and rulings on cases of suspected systematic violations of human
rights.
"The situation in Val Susa raises fundamental questions of
democracy and the respect for human rights," Pepino said.
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