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Italy Salvini: Senate votes for far-right leader to face trial
« on: February 12, 2020, 06:32:18 pm »
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Italy Salvini: Senate votes for far-right leader to face trial

Italy's Senate has voted to allow prosecutors to put far-right leader Matteo Salvini on trial over charges of holding migrants at sea.

Mr Salvini, who previously served as Italy's interior minister, is accused of illegally keeping people on a boat off Sicily for days in August 2019.

Some 116 migrants remained aboard the Gregoretti for close to a week.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51473239

Please see the rest of article, Salvini says he wants to go to court because his policies saved tens of thousands of lives.