Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist
on trial in Hungary for allegedly attacking three neoNazis on
their Day of Honour commemorating SS soldiers on February 11
last year, and who was recently granted house arrest after
controversial jail detention conditions, told supporters on the
Web Friday that while she was happy to get out of prison she was
"still in the pit" and facing 24 years of prison if she is
convicted.
Speaking on her Instagram profile, the 39-year-old Monza
elementary school teacher who was put up for the European
parliament by Italy's Green
-Left Alliance (AVS) in a successful bid to attain house arrest
said "I'm still waiting for the sentence, I risk 24 years of
tough jail time which is the equivalent of 120 years under house
arrest.
"The pit has just changed shape, but sadly I'm still in it".
If elected for the AVS next month, Salis hopes to be moved to
house arrest in Italy thanks to her parliamentary immunity.
She thanked supporters saying "thanks for being close to me,
you're my strength".
As well as allegedly having to put up with allegedly dirty and
inhumane jail conditions, Salis was repeatedly led into court on
a chain with her wrists and ankles cuffed, treatment which
Hungary says is standard but which spurred Italian protests.
Her father Roberto says she was tortured to try to get her to
confess to the alleged neo-Nazi attack but she has persistently
claimed she is innocent.
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