Hungary jail service rejects Salis detention claims

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 30 - Hungary's penitentiary service on Tuesday rejected as "calumny" claims reported in the Italia media by a former cellmate of Ilaria Salis that her Budapest jail conditions were marked by bed bugs, rats, maltreatment and the use of chains.
    Italy has protested to Hungary after Salis, a 39-year-old elementary school teacher and antifascist who risks 24 years in jail for allegedly attacking two neoNazis in February last year, after she was led into court on a chain with hand and feet shackles Monday.
    The jail service, which is under the supervision of the Hungarian interior ministry, said Salis's former cellmate Carmen Giorgio's allegations were "false and the prison organisation rejects them forcefully".
    It said it was "sad" that the claims had been reported in the Hungarian and Italian media without hearing from the other side.
    (ANSA).