Appeal upheld

Ilaria Salis goes under house arrest in Budapest. Her father: 'Ministry proposal on residence out of place'

Salis will leave prison in the next few days after paying a bail of 40,000 euro and will be wearing an electronic bracelet. Possible request for house arrest Salis in Italy

by Redaction Rome

15 May 2024Aggiornato il 16 maggio 2024 alle 13:00

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Key points

Roberto Salis: Ilaria excited to get out of prison
Legal Salis: A nightmare ends but his battle continues
Nordio: satisfied with news of Salis' house arrest
Salis request for domicile in Italy
European election candidate with Avs

3' min read

"From the Ministry of the Interior came the indication to register my daughter in the register of residents abroad in order to be able to vote, but this proposal is totally out of place": this is what Roberto Salis told Ansa, explaining that 'if Ilaria moved her residence to Hungary, she would no longer be able to apply for house arrest in Italy'. That proposal 'is therefore the easiest shortcut to avoid work' and instead 'it is a case that does not only concern Ilaria: this is no way out and the government must act to solve this problem that I imagine has been there for 50 years, but evidently has only been raised now'.

In the meantime, the appeal filed by Ilaria Salis' lawyers was accepted by the Hungarian second-instance court and she can now leave prison and go under house arrest in Budapest. The application for house arrest had been rejected on 28 March. Salis will leave prison in the next few days, after paying a bail of 40,000 euros and will be wearing an electronic bracelet.

Roberto Salis: Ilaria thrilled to get out of prison

"Ilaria is thrilled to finally be able to leave prison and we are delighted to finally be able to embrace her again". This is how Roberto Salis commented to Ansa on the Hungarian court's decision to grant house arrest to his daughter Ilaria who, after more than 15 months, will be able to leave the prison where she is being held on charges of assaulting far-right militants. 'She's not out of the well yet,' he added, 'but it will certainly be very nice to be able to embrace her again after 15 months, even though as long as she's in Hungary I don't feel completely calm.

Legal Salis: a nightmare ends but his battle continues

'We are very satisfied, finally this nightmare for Ilaria ends, but her battle continues'. This is the comment of Mauro Straini and Eugenio Losco, the two Italian lawyers of Ilaria Salis, after learning of the Hungarian court's decision to grant her house arrest in Budapest.

Nordio: satisfaction at news of Salis' house arrest

'I would like to express my satisfaction with the news we received on the granting of house arrest to Ilaria Salis'. So said Justice Minister Carlo Nordio before answering a question at question time in the Chamber of Deputies.

Salis request for domicile in Italy

The transfer of Ilaria Salis to house arrest in Budapest, decided by Hungarian judges, opens the way for the 39-year-old's possible return to Italy. The Italian authorities - we learn from government sources - could ask the Hungarian ministry - after a possible request by Salis' lawyers - for the necessary documentation and transmit it all to the competent judicial authority for the recognition and execution in Italy of the measure applied, according to the provisions of the European Council's framework law of 2009 for the mutual recognition of decisions on 'alternative measures to pre-trial detention'. On the rule, however, there would be a non-univocal jurisprudence as the one applied to Salis is not a measure resulting from a final sentence but a precautionary measure.

European election candidate with Avs

Ilaria Salis is candidate in the European elections for the Green Left Alliance. To be understood - now - how the run-up to the European elections will affect the whole dossier. After all, the activist's own lawyer has spoken in recent days of 'uncertain consequences'. "In Hungary,' emphasised Gyorgy Magyar, the Hungarian lawyer of the teacher, 'parliamentary immunity is already triggered from the moment of candidacy, but I do not know how the matter is regulated in Italy'. In the event of an election, then, for which it is necessary to pass the 4% barrier, the issue would probably end up on the table of the presidency of the next European Parliament. Dem secretary Elly Schlein had also tried to sound out her party on the candidature of the imprisoned teacher in Hungary. But there had been some internal resistance within the Dems.