Ilaria Cucchi (born 22 June 1974) is an Italian human rights activist and politician.[1]

Ilaria Cucchi
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyFlorence
Personal details
Born (1974-06-22) 22 June 1974 (age 49)
Rome, Italy
Political partyItalian Left
OccupationActivist

She has campaigned for investigation of the death in police custody of her brother, Stefano Cucchi [it].[2] In 2013 she was an unsuccessful candidate in elections for the national parliament with "Rivoluzione Civile - Lista Ingroia".[3] The street artist Jorit Agoch painted a mural portrait of her in via Verrotti all'Arenella, Naples, in 2018.[4][5][6][7][8] After 2022 Italian general elections, she became a member of the Senate for the centre-left coalition.[9]

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  1. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (9 November 2018). "Justice, Italian Style: 9 Years, 13 Trials and Few Answers". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ Passarin, Sara Greta (2022-04-04). "Ilaria Cucchi, biografia dell'attivista e politica italiana". True News. (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  3. ^ [s.n.] (5 April 2016). Ilaria Cucchi: "Voglio cambiare la giustizia la mia famiglia ha ipotecato casa per la verità" (in Italian). Roma: La Repubblica. Accessed November 2019.
  4. ^ "Jorit inaugura a Napoli il murales dedicato a Ilaria Cucchi". 22 October 2018.
  5. ^ detto, Grazie Jorit Ilaria è una guerriera ! ha (12 October 2018). "Ilaria Cucchi come una guerriera: a Napoli lo splendido murale di Jorit". www.artslife.com.
  6. ^ "Ilaria Cucchi inaugura il murale di Jorit, lo street artist mostra il suo volto". La Repubblica. 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Ilaria Cucchi come una guerriera, l'ultimo murale gigante di Jorit è dedicato a lei". Rainews. 10 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Ilaria Cucchi diventa una guerriera nella street art di Jorit Agoch a Napoli". Dailybest. 15 October 2018.
  9. ^ You trend. "Ilaria Cucchi (CSX) è eletta al Senato nel collegio uninominale di Firenze". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-26.

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