The Hungarian authorities are denying
Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist activist who is on trial in
Budapest for alleged involvement in an attack on neo-Nazis, her
right to vote in next month's European elections, her father
said on Monday.
The 39-year-old Monza elementary-school teacher is a candidate
for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS) in the election.
"I spoke with Ilaria today an she told me that they asked all
the inmates in the prison if they wanted to vote and she
obviously said yes," the woman's father, Roberto Salis, told
ANSA.
"But she was told that there is an Italian legislative
shortcoming that would not allow her to vote.
"She asked the embassy, which was unable to give her an answer
(about this).
"A clear human rights violation is taking place and we need a
clear stance from the (Italian) government".
Salis is accused of attempted murder for allegedly being part of
a German-led hammer gang that allegedly targeted neo-Nazis on
their Day of Honour commemorating an SS regiment's "heroic"
resistance against the Red Army in February 2023.
The AVS candidacy is a bid to get Salis released, at least to
the house arrest she has been denied, with her hopeful EP
immunity from prosecution.
The Hungarian prosecutor has asked for a prison term of 11 years
but Salis's father says she risks as long as 24 years in jail on
charges of attempted murder. The alleged victims of her alleged
attack did not reportedly complain to police.
Salis has been led into court on several occasions on a chain
with her hands and ankles cuffed, sparking shock in Italy,
although Budapest says it is standard procedure for its
prisoners.
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