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Italy’s deputy prime minister found not guilty of kidnapping in migrant case

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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was found not guilty in a criminal kidnapping case dating back

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  1. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Italy’s deputy prime minister found not guilty of kidnapping in migrant case (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was found not guilty in a criminal kidnapping case dating back

  3. Courthouse News Service

    Italy’s Salvini acquitted in migrant trial (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Salvini had strongly denied charges of abuse of office and the deprivation of liberty of 147 migrants on board the Open Arms charity ship in August 2019, when he was interior minister in a previous government.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Italy: Salvini acquitted in refugee kidnapping trial – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A court in Sicily has cleared former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini of wrongdoing in a case over the fate of 160 refugees whom he refused entry into Italy. The far-right politician said he was proud to "defend Italy."

  5. The Guardian

    Italian deputy PM acquitted of charges over refusal to let migrant ship dock (opens The Guardian)

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    Charges of kidnapping and dereliction of duty were brought against Matteo Salvini after he blocked a rescue boat in 2019

  6. The Republic

    Italian court set to issue verdict in Salvini's kidnapping trial over migrants blocked at sea (opens The Republic)

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    ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict Friday on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, was guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister.

  7. Breitbart News

    Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini Acquitted in Illegal Migrant Ship Trial (opens Breitbart News)

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    Matteo Salvini has been acquitted after facing six years in prison for blocking an illegal migrant boat from unloading in Italy in 2019.

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