Hungary's prison service said Tuesday
Ilaria Salis can vote in the June 8-9 European elections she is
standing in as a Green-Left Alliance (AVS) candidate, rejecting
her father Roberto's claims are "baseless". It said the
39-year-old Monza elementary school teacher and anti-fascist on
trial for allegedly attacking two neoNazis in February last year
was entitled to vote as were all Hungarian detainees. Roberto
Salis said Monday the Hungarian authorities were denying his
daughter her right to vote. "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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