PRESS RELEASE: verdict of the Turin Eternit Trial, 13th February 2012

[Asbestos Victims Families Casale]

On Monday the 13th February 2012 the verdict of the Turin Eternit Trial will be announced: it is the largest and most important criminal case ever on asbestos-related deaths. Three thousand victims in four Italian plants - Casale Monferrato, Cavagnolo, Rubiera, Napoli – await justice.

Casale Monferrato has paid and will unfortunately continue to pay a very high price in deaths among its workers and members of the community: over 1800 deaths and hundreds suffering from asbestos related diseases, as well as a willful and permanent environmental disaster caused by the Belgian- Swiss multinational of the two defendants, Stephan Schmidheiny and Luis de Cartier de Marchienne.

After thirty years spent fighting for justice, decontamination, and research we hope this verdict will be a major step forward in the world struggle against the use of asbestos and for the protection of public health.

Programme for the Eternit verdict on Feb the 13th 2012

The Turin Courts - Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 130 – Turin, Italy

9 am

1. Brief conclusion by lawyer Zaccone for the Belgian defendant
2. The Court withdraws into chambers
3. The Chief Judge, Dr Casalbore, reads the verdict
4. The AFeVA will be available for any journalists in room 2 at the end of reading of the verdict (with simultaneous translation) and for foreign journaluists with interpretation after the reading of the criminal judgement.

TV direct link and streaming:

www.afeva.it (in Italian)
www.provincia.torino.gov.it/speciali/2009/processo_eternit (italian)
http://asbestosinthedock.ning.com (in English)

Thanks to the Province of Turin for the assistance and room for the tv broadcasting

Live sound:
Radio Gold (which we thank ) on FM89.1 – FM88.8
Or streaming on www.radiogold.it (italian)

Please note the court rooms:

Room 1 (AULA 1) (250 seats)

• the PPs, their assistants, lawyers and their assistants. The Courtroom will also seat the representatives of the plaintiffs starting with the most representative organizations and national and local authorities and institutions, the press and photoreporters and a few seats for the victims (sufferers and family members)

Room 2 (AULA 2) (250 seats)

• For foreign delegations: 160 people from France – associations linked to Andeva and Andeva and delegations from several other countries such as Brazil, the US, Switzerland, the UK, Holland and Belgium with simultaneous translation into English and French

Lecture Hall (700 seats)

• For the families of the plaintiffs and delegations from other cities

Hall in the Provincial Government’s Building (316 seats)

• Students from Casale Monferrato and Bologna

We wish to thank the Turin Courts , the Emergency Servicies and the Province of Turin for their cooperation and for their assistance in organizing the day.

AFeVA - Romana Blasotti Pavesi 
Coordinatore Vertenza Amianto - Bruno Pesce
CGIL N. Pondrano 
CISL L. Bortolotto 
UIL L. Ferrando