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Anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis, elected this month as a member of the European Parliament (MEP), returned to Italy late Saturday after being freed from house arrest in Budapest.
With her election as a member of the European legislature, the 39-year-old Italian teacher, gained immunity from charges relating to an alleged attack on neo-Nazis.
Salis, representing the Green-Left Alliance (AVS), returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza on Saturday evening, the Associated Press reported.
Salis had been held in Hungary for more than a year on charges relating to an alleged assault on neo-Nazis at a far-right event in Budapest. She was charged with attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme left-wing organization. The Hungarian prosecutor had asked for a prison term of 11 years. In May, she was granted house arrest in Budapest.
The Salis case caused a diplomatic incident when she appeared handcuffed and shackled in a Hungarian courtroom where she faced trial.
In April, the Greens and Left Alliance announced that they would add her to their list for the European election so that Salis could benefit from parliamentary immunity and be freed. More than 170,000 voters in Italy voted for Salis in a bid to bring her home from Hungary.
