Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist
facing up to 24 years in jail in Hungary for allegedly attacking
two neoNazis in Budapest in February 2023, is the victim of a
political trial, her father Roberto told the European Parliament
Tuesday.
"My daughter's situation has become increasingly a political
trial as it has gone on," he told a press conference at the EP
organized by Green-Left Alliance MEP Massimiliano Smeriglio and
Democratic Party (PD) MEP Brando Benifei.
"On February 28 last Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto
made a statement that described my daughter as guilty, voicing
he hope for exemplary punishment.
"All this in a country where there is the rule of law, and in an
EU member, is unacceptable."
Italy has protested over the detention conditions of the
39-year-old Monza elementary teacher after she was led on a
chain into a courtroom with her hands and feet cuffed.
Robero Salis also confirmed that he will ask for her to be given
house arrest in Hungary so she can hopefully be moved to Italy
to serve any sentence under house arrest at home.
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