Silvia Albano (judge)
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Silvia Albano is an Italian judge who is also the president of the left-wing judicial faction Magistratura democratica [it]. She ran, unsuccessfully, to be head of the Associazione Nazionale Magistrati [it] in 2020.[1] She is notable for making many pro-migrant decisions resulting in fights with the national government.
In 2023, Albano drew attention for expressing support for illegal migrants against the democratically elected Giorgia Meloni government's efforts to move processing offshore to enforce Italian laws.[2][3] She previously, in 2019, battled then-interior minister Matteo Salvini who described her as having "pro-migrant sympathies".[4] She had also, in 2021, ruled against the government's policy of pushing illegal migrants back to Slovenia prior to being admitted in Italy.[5]
She gained notoriety in 2024 for her decision against the Italian government's offshore detention of illegal migrants in Albania which was heavily criticized.[6] In response, she declared she is not a "communist judge".[7] She also filed a police complaint and was given additional protection following death threats.[8] Conservative politicians declared that she should have abstained from the decision given her history of left-wing activism and donations.[9] She has come under attack from Meloni and Matteo Salvini who described her as a political judge for the left-wing Partito Democratico and called for her resignation.[10][11]
Personal life
References
- ↑ "Anm, la sfida di Silvia Albano: una donna al vertice dell'associazione dei magistrati". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Migranti, la giudice Silvia Albano: "Così com'è il protocollo Italia-Albania non è applicabile. Serve una legge di ratifica"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "La giudice anti-protocollo è il capo delle toghe rosse". 19 October 2024.
- ↑ Giuffrida, Angela; Tondo, Lorenzo (2019-06-06). "Italy's far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, escalates attack on judges". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "A historic verdict: Italy's pushbacks to Slovenia are illegal". OBC Transeuropa (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ↑ "'Cabinet wants conflict, judges respect the law' - Albano - General News - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2024-11-10. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Silvia Albano: "Non sono un giudice comunista". La Lega: "Md ha attaccato pure Falcone..."". www.liberoquotidiano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Minacce di morte alla giudice Silvia Albano dopo la sentenza sui migranti in Albania: lei sporge denuncia". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ Giovanni (2024-10-19). "Silvia Albano: ecco chi è il capo delle toghe rosse che ha deciso sui migranti in Albania". Giovanni Donzelli (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Giorgia Meloni's vendetta against Italy's judges". POLITICO. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Fa politica sembra un' esponente del Pd Salvini stronca la giudice Albano". www.zazoom.it (in Italian). 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ "Minacce di morte alla giudice Silvia Albano dopo la sentenza sui migranti in Albania: lei sporge denuncia". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-13.