Ilaria Salis, 39, says she is being persecuted for her beliefs in case that has led to tensions between two countries
Ilaria Salis, 39, arrived at the Budapest court accompanied by her father, with Italy’s ambassador and a throng of Italian journalists also in attendance. She left to applause after the court heard testimony from one of the victims and two witnesses. None of the three could personally identify Salis, as their attackers were masked.
Her case has sparked tensions between Rome and Budapest despite the cordial relations between their far-right prime ministers, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. Rome has made several official complaints on Salis’s behalf. She was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme leftwing criminal organisation in the wake of a counter-demonstration against an annual neo-Nazi rally.
The next hearing is set for September. Salis’s lawyer Gyorgy Magyar jas complained that his client has yet to receive all the case documents in her native language.Salis’s father, Roberto Salis, and the Italian ambassador, Manuel Jacoangeli, also complained that Salis’s address in Budapest was read out in court, saying it put her “at risk”.
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