The Milan prosecutor's office has no appeal on Siher's release

The intention was clear right from the start. On the one hand, respect for the judge's decision was evident, even if it contained assessments that could not be shared. On the other, the desire not to get stuck in asking for prison, but to gather as many elements as possible.

And today, as seemed obvious for days, the Milan Prosecutor's Office decided, after having reflected for a long time, not to appeal to the Court of Review against the order of 28 October with which the investigating judge Tiziana Landoni did not validate the arrest and released Youssef Siher, the administrator of the social channels of the "17 October Movement", from prison due to the absence of serious evidence.

It had already been understood that the investigators would not appeal the decision (the appeal could be made, according to the rules, only on precautionary needs), because their work has been focusing for days on the investigations, which are continuing in search of new clues and to reconstruct, in particular, the network of contacts of the 30-year-old researcher. Siher remains, in fact, under investigation for incitement to commit crimes aggravated by the aim of terrorism and organized violence in public demonstrations, in the investigations of the Postal Police and Digos, coordinated by the prosecutor Marcello Viola and the prosecutor Francesca Crupi. Even today there were several meetings between investigators and investigators.

The Prosecutor's Office points out, among other things, that a ruling from the Supreme Court of Cassation last January recognizes that incitement to commit crimes occurs even when there is a "persuasive effectiveness such as to influence the volitional sphere of other people so as to induce them to commit" crimes. And it will be valued in the process. For the investigating judge, however, Siher was organizing, albeit with "harsh" tones and vulgar language, only forms of protest against the government, without ever referring to the violence and devastation of 17-18 October.

Meanwhile, the phone of the Palestinian Youth representative remains seized (he did not provide the pin to access the analyses). And the investigation also involves the monitoring of other web channels, as well as the analysis of material seized in the various preventive raids which averted a repeat of what happened three weeks ago.

Among the documents of the investigations, for example, the draft of an email which "provided information, with reference to October 24th" on places and times to "concentrate the marches on the national territory". And it contained a text that began with: "To the realities of movement...". It was explained that they would receive the information half an hour earlier than the "public dissemination" times, i.e. 2.31pm and 3.31pm. "Organize, guide us and protect us in the streets," Siher reportedly wrote in the movement's email account. Proof, according to investigators, of broader connections, which are being investigated.

Meanwhile, in the maxi "container" file, again coordinated by the anti-terrorism pool directed by Viola, various information is pouring in on the two days of urban guerrilla warfare and, therefore, the list of suspects will gradually grow. While yesterday six of the 35 minors arrested were released and one moved from prison to the community. Among the adults, however, the house arrest order was revoked for one, while for another the prison was changed to house arrest.