Matteo Salvini’s kidnapping trial: verdict expected this Friday

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, is facing the upcoming verdict in Sicily with a bold stance regarding his actions in 2019, when he prevented around 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue vessel during his tenure as interior minister.

Leading the Eurosceptic and anti-migrant League party, Salvini addressed a rally last week, asserting that “protecting borders, upholding dignity, enforcing laws, and maintaining a nation’s…