Ilaria Salis is set to run for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS) in June's European elections. The 39-year-old Monza elementary teacher and anti-fascist is on trial for allegedly attacking two neo-Nazis last year.
Her detention conditions have raised an outcry in Italy. Salis was allegedly part of a German 'hammer gang' that targeted neo-Nazis on their annual day of honor in February last year remembering a Nazi regiment that resisted the Soviet advance in WWII. She is also allegedly being held in a jail with bedbugs, rats, and routine mistreatment, her supporters say, a claim Budapestdenies. The Hungarian prosecutor has asked for a prison term of 11 years, but Salis' father says she risks as long as 24 years in prison on charges of attempted murder. The alleged victims of her alleged attack did not reportedly complain to police. The Italian diplomatic corps will authenticate her signature later Thursday to accept the candidature.