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EU election candidacy could see Italian antifascist freed from Hungarian jail

Ilaria smiles at a prison in court. She is holding up her hands, which are handcuffed.
Ilaria Salis’s appearance in court sparked diplomatic protests and anger in Italy after she was brought in in chains. Photograph: Reuters

An Italian antifascist activist held in prison in Hungary has accepted a candidacy in the European elections that could see her granted immunity and released from jail.

Ilaria Salis, 39, a teacher from Monza, near Milan, was arrested in Budapest in February 2023 after a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally. She was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme leftwing organisation.

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