Al Bano on Monday said he might sue
Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights after it put him
on its black list of threats to national security for allegedly
supporting Russia.
The veteran singer also urged the foreign minister to
intervene to obtain his immediate cancellation from the black
list.
Albano Carrisi also said he would ask for damages from
Ukraine, the proceeds of which would be devolved to charity.
"We won't stop. We'll go as far as Strasbourg because this
could be a dangerous precedent," said the singer's lawyer,
Cristiano Magaletti.
"Al Bano is a citizen of the world and a friend of all, he
must be free to go to Ukraine; we ask our government to
intervene immediately because they have unjustly attacked the
symbol of Italian music.
Magaletti urged the media not to "treat this affair with
superficiality and levity; it must be debated with the anger of
a man who has been subjected to a huge injustice".
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