An Italian antifascist militant, Gabriele Marchesi, on Wednesday got seven years in jail in absentia from a Hungarian court for being part of a German-led ‘hammer gang’ that allegedly targeted neo-Nazis on their annual Day of Honour in Budapest on February 11 2023 commemorating the heroic resistance of an SS regiment against Soviets.
Two other far-left militants, both German, were also convicted.
Italian primary school teacher, pro-squatting activist and antifa militant Ilaria Salis was saved from Hungarian justice in the case by being elected to the European Parliament for the Green-Left Alliance (AVS).