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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Italian activist freed from Budapest house arrest after being elected MEP

Ilaria Salis surrounded by journalists in court in Budapest
Ilaria Salis speaks to the media as she appears in court in Budapest last month Photograph: Márton Mónus/Reuters

An Italian anti-fascist activist has been released from house arrest in Budapest after being elected to the European parliament, which meant she gained immunity from charges relating to an alleged attack on neo-Nazis.

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

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