Italian former Interior minister Matteo Salvini at cout for blocking Open Arms from docking in 2019
epaselect epa09541022 Matteo Salvini (C), flanked by his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno (R), meets journalists in front of the bunker of the Pagliarelli prison after a hearing on the Open Arms trial in Palermo, Sicily Island, southern Italy, 23 October 2021. The trial sees Italian former Interior minister Matteo Salvini accused of kidnapping and omission of official documents for having banned in 2019 the Spanish NGO ship Open Arms from docking at an Italian port for several days. EPA/IGOR PETYX