Silvia Albano (judge)
Silvia Albano is an Italian judge who is also the president of the left-wing judicial faction Magistratura democratica. She ran, unsuccessfully, to be head of the Associazione Nazionale Magistrati in 2020.[1] She is notable for making many pro-migrant decisions resulting in fights with the national government.
2024 pro-migrant decision
[edit]In 2023, Albano made headlines preemptively declaring her 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]
Biographical details
[edit]Albano is from Padua in Veneto but has long lived in Lazio.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/giudice-anti-protocollo-capo-delle-toghe-rosse-2383277.html
- ^ 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.