Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist
on trial for attacking neoNazis in Hungary who has been freed
after her election as a leftwing Green-Left Alliance (AVS) MEP,
can now return to Italy and will presumably be back by Monday,
17 June on her 40th birthday.
Her family had already bought tickets to join her to celebrate
her 40th birthday in Budapest on Monday, but now Salis will be
able to celebrate it in Italy.
The Monza elementary teacher had been accused of being part of a
German-led 'hammer gang' that allegedly targeted neoNazis on
their annual Day of Honour on February 11 last year
commemorating the heroic resistance of an SS regiment against
the Soviet invader.
Her allegedly inhumane detention conditions had provoked strong
protests from Italy.
She had been facing a 24-year prison sentence for attempted
murder.
The three neoNazis she allegedly attacked did not report the
incident and were discharged from hospital after very brief
treatment.
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