"I am shocked by the Italian reactions. This lady (Ilaria Salis) was presented here in Italy as a kind of victim, a martyr. In Hungary people were almost killed. People were almost beaten to death in the streets, and then this lady is portrayed as a martyr or the victim of an unfair trial. Nobody, no far-left group, should see Hungary as some kind of boxing ring where they come and plan to beat someone to death."
Thus the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó attacks on Facebook the case of the Italian teacher detained in Budapest by posting a video.
In the video, posted on Facebook by the Hungarian minister, the image of Salis entering the hearing in Budapest in handcuffs is juxtaposed with scenes of protesters with their faces covered beating people in the street with truncheons and then being arrested by the Hungarian police.
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