Suspected of being involved in attacks against participants in Hungary’s Day of Honour commemorations, the activist was detained in Budapest last year.
An anti-fascist activist named Ilaria Salis was detained in Budapest last year on suspicion of attacking attendees of Hungary’s Day of Honour celebrations.
Numerous neo-Nazis commemorate the unsuccessful attempt by Nazi forces and Hungarian soldiers to flee Budapest during the Red Army’s 1945 siege of the city on February 11 each year.
Additionally, it garners the backing of fierce anti-fascist protestors.
In court, Salis was observed being led by a guard with a chain.
The Italian authorities has called her handcuffs and leg shackles as “humiliating conditions,” as they restricted her movement.
According to a local news source, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed Salis’s detention with her Hungarian colleague Viktor Orban.
Although this is a sensitive scenario for Ms. Meloni’s far-right-led government, the two leaders get along well.
After Salis appeared in court earlier this week, the Italian foreign ministry called on the deputy ambassador of Hungary to voice his disapproval.
The ministry noted international and European law that emphasizes the need to treat inmates with dignity, “including the guarantees of a fair trial and the manner in which defendants are transferred to court.”
