Lisetta Sperindei
Lisetta Sperindei is an environmental and human rights defender and a former city councillor in Pesaro. She is a key member of the civic initiative PESARO: NO GNL, actively engaged in raising public awareness on environmental risks, promoting civic participation, and defending the right to health, transparency and ecological justice. Alongside Roberto Malini, she played a vital role in the mobilisation and legal action that led to the suspension of the LNG terminal project proposed by Fox Petroli S.p.A. She has also supported environmental journalism and public access to environmental information.
Freedom of expression and assembly are constitutionally guaranteed and generally respected in Italy. However, the Italian police has been accused on numerous occasions of excessive use of force against peaceful protesters and activists.
