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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo

Hungary asks EU to strip parliamentary immunity from Italian MEP Ilaria Salis

Ilaria Salis speaking at a lectern in parliament
Ilaria Salis speaking in Strasbourg earlier this month after Hungary presented its priorities and objectives for its presidency of the European parliament. Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA

Hungary has called on the EU to strip parliamentary immunity from the Italian MEP Ilaria Salis, who was detained for 16 months in Budapest after an alleged attack on neo-Nazis.

The case of Salis, 39, a teacher from Monza, near Milan, sparked diplomatic protests and anger in Italy after she was brought last January to court in Hungary in chains, her hands cuffed and feet locked together.

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