«I am treated like a beast on a leash», «for three months I have been tormented by bed bug bites», «there is little air, only that which filters through the peephole».
These are some of the passages of the memorial that Ilaria Salis, the teacher of Sardinian origins in prison in Budapest for almost a year, wrote in her own hand and sent to the Italian consulate on 2 October to be given to her Italian lawyer , shown last night on La7.
The text, which describes a situation marked by precarious hygienic conditions and poor nutrition, was written when Salis had been in prison for eight months and had not yet had the opportunity to speak to his Italian lawyer . "The Hungarian lawyers - the woman states among other things regarding her condition - say that nothing can be done."
Meanwhile, the government's strategy is set in motion to resolve the 39-year-old's case : she cannot return to Italy immediately, but her transfer to house arrest in Budapest is the first step so that, thanks to European rules, she can leave Hungary. A path that however will not be easy. And in Brussels Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban. "I told the case in detail", said Orban speaking to reporters at the end of the meeting with the Prime Minister. «I told you that the judiciary does not depend on the government, but on Parliament. The only thing I am entitled to do is provide details of his treatment" in prison "and exert influence so that he has fair treatment, all rights will be guaranteed." Then the attack: «Salis was able to make phone calls and was not isolated from the world. It's not correct to say that."
Ilaria's father, Roberto Salis, had already responded harshly to his spokesperson's intervention: "There are facts that are beyond words, so there is no need to comment too much."
(Unioneonline/D)
