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Italy judge weighs Salvini trial for 2019 migrant standoff
April 17, 2021
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1of5FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2019 file photo, Open Arms vessel with 107 migrants on board is anchored off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy. A judge in Sicily on Saturday, April 17, 2021, began weighing whether to put former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on trial for having refused to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in an Italian port in 2019, keeping the people at sea for days.Salvatore Cavalli/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020 file photo, then opposition leader Matteo Salvini speaks at the end of the debate at the Italian Senate on whether to allow him to be prosecuted, as he demands to be, for alleging holding migrants hostage for days aboard coast guard ship Gregoretti instead of letting them immediately disembark in Sicily, while he was interior minister, in Rome. An Italian prosecutor on Saturday, April 10, 2021 told a cou
Italy judge weighs Matteo Salvini trial for 2019 migrant standoff
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Italy judge weighs Matteo Salvini trial for 2019 migrant standoff
AP / Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 16:28 IST
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Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party, was on hand for the preliminary hearing in the bunker courtroom of the Palermo tribunal. AP Photo
ROME: A judge in Sicily on Saturday began weighing whether to put former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on trial for having refused to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in an Italian port in 2019, keeping the people at sea for days. Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party, was on hand for the preliminary hearing in the bunker courtroom of the Palermo tribunal. He tweeted that he was certain he did the right thing under Italian law, defending the security and dignity of Italy by refusing entry to the Open Arms rescue ship.
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Former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini will stand trial on kidnapping charges, a judge ruled on Saturday.
Mr Salvini is facing the charges over his decision to refuse to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in an Italian port in 2019, keeping the people on board at sea for days.
Judge Lorenzo Iannelli set a trial date in September during a hearing in the Palermo bunker courtroom in Sicily. An Italian police vessel patrols around the Open Arms vessel, with 107 migrants on board, in 2019. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
Mr Salvini, who attended the hearing, insisted that he was only doing his job and his duty by refusing entry to the