Ilaria Salis, the 39-year-old Milanese teacher who has been in prison in Budapest for 13 months accused of attacking three far-right militants, returned to the courtroom today for the second hearing of the trial against her. The judge decided that she will remain in the cell
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BUDAPEST – Ilaria Salis will remain in prison. Budapest court judge Jozsef Sos on Wednesday rejected the request for house arrest presented by the defense of the Italian teacher because they still consider her dangerous, the “serious charges” have not changed and “thirteen months in prison is not exaggerated.”
The seriousness of the accusation, according to the judge, continues to be the criterion for deciding the conditions of preventive detention. The defendant’s non-dangerousness, Judge Sos argued, will only have to be evaluated later in the trial. Also weighing is the fact that in the past, in Italy, Ilaria Salis has appeared before the courts on other occasions.
The decision to reject house arrest was “one more show of force by the Orban government», said Roberto Salis, Ilaria’s father. «I expected it – he added – Ilaria is considered a great danger here. I do not believe that there can be any different treatment in Hungary than what we have seen and I believe that this is absolutely unacceptable for Italy. He will remain in prison for who knows how much longer. Can Italy accept this deal? Absolutely not”.
Salis appeared again in chainsstill with his bodyguards covered by a balaclava and a bulletproof vest, in room 97 of the Budapest court, for the second hearing of the trial against him for the attacks against some militants and Nazis that occurred in February 2023.
The Italian defender and the family’s interpreter were received at the entrance by a small group of alleged far-rightists who addressed them with threatening looks and phrases, according to Milanese lawyer Eugenio Losco.
There next hearing was put in May 24.
In the meantime he will be free again. Gabriele Marchesi
, co-suspect of Ilaria Salis who had been under house arrest since the end of November. This was decided by the Milan Court of Appeal, which rejected Hungary’s request to hand over the 23-year-old young man, detained in the capital of Lombardy under a European arrest warrant.
The 39-year-old Milanese professor He has been in prison for 13 months in Budapest. accused of having attacked three far-right militants. In the House, Salis also presented a paper written in his own hand that authorizes the press to publish images of her with handcuffs on her wrists. “I authorize the Italian press,” the note reads, “to publish images that show me handcuffed and with all the chains they decide to put on me during the hearing.”
Tajani: “No to politicization.” Schlein: “Inadmissible slap”
«Ilaria Salis will remain in prison in Budapest. After being brought back to the courtroom with chains on her wrists, ankles and a leash, today Hungarian judges also decided to deny her house arrest. An unacceptable slap to the rights of a detainee, of one of our compatriots. We hope that Giorgia Meloni’s government will react immediately,” declared the secretary of the Democratic Party. Elly Schlein.
“And nothing, Ilaria Salis is still tied,” the senator and head of Foreign Affairs of Italy wrote vividly, Ivan Scalfarottopublishing the photo of the chain that links Salis to the guard.
«I hope that Mrs. Salis can be acquitted, I saw that today she was brought to court still handcuffed and chained but it seems that they were later removed. It’s not a good path, I don’t think there’s any danger of escape. That said, I would avoid politicizing the case, otherwise there would be a risk of conflict,” the deputy prime minister and foreign minister told SkyTg24. Antonio Tajani.
«It is not acceptable for an Italian citizen to be treated like this in Hungary. Giorgia Meloni must be a true patriot and explain to Viktor Orban that either Hungary respects the rules of the rule of law, or none of the euros from Italian taxes must end up in Budapest, as is the case today. The fact that Meloni has different ideas than Ilaria Salis is irrelevant: the Italian Government must work for Italian citizens. Are we governed by the brothers of Italy or the subjects of Hungary? the leader of Iv wrote about Mateo Renzi
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March 28, 2024 (modified March 28, 2024 | 14:57)