Images from a courtroom in Budapest outrage Italy – and the government has to take on Hungary, even though Meloni and Orbán are so close politically. The fate of Ilaria Salis divides politics.
It’s the photos that changed everything. Photos of Ilaria Salis on Monday in a courtroom in Budapest. The Italian media complained that the Italian woman was brought before her judge “like an animal” and showed the pictures from Budapest on several pages. The defendant is seen with a wide leather strap around her body, which is connected to a chain, led by a female officer and accompanied by a man in a black combat uniform and a bulletproof vest. Salis’s hands are tied behind his back, his feet tightly bound with leather shackles secured by padlocks. The woman smiles and doesn’t seem the least bit dangerous. According to the public prosecutor’s office, this is exactly what it should be.