Lawyers acting for Ilaria Salis, the
39-year-old elementary school teacher and anti-Fascist activist
on trial in Hungary for allegedly attacking two Hungarian
neo-Nazis almost a year ago, said Wednesday they are considering
appealing to the European Court of Human Rights over the alleged
violation by Hungary of article three of the European convention
on human rights protecting individuals against inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
"We are assessing the possibility of making an immediate appeal
to the European Court in Strasbourg for the violation of Article
3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, for which Hungary
has already been condemned on other occasions," lawyer Eugenio
Losco, one of the Italian lawyers assisting Salis, told ANSA.
"The violation is blatant, given how she was led into the
courtroom on a chain," continued the lawyer, referring to the
images published Monday of Salis during a court hearing in
Budapest that caused a public outcry in Italy.
"Meanwhile, we are trying to understand what the government's
stated commitment to reach the goal of house arrest consists
of," concluded Losco.
On Tuesday the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni through the
foreign ministry called on Hungary to consider alternatives to
prison detention for Salis, including house arrest.
Meloni is also reported to have spoken to her Hungarian
counterpart Viktor Orban about the case by telephone on Tuesday
evening.
Salis' parents are in Budapest, where on Wednesday they will
first visit their daughter in prison before meeting with the
Italian ambassador to Hungary, Manuel Jacoangeli.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday night a new work by street artist Laika
dedicated to Salis appeared near the Hungarian embassy in Rome
(see photo).
The mural depicts the activist breaking her chains.
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