ROME — Ilaria Salis, the Italian left-wing activist who spent 15 months in a Hungarian prison awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting two neo-Nazis, was transferred to house arrest in Budapest.

 A Hungarian court granted Salis’ lawyers’ appeal of a March 28 ruling keeping Salis behind bars. 

 The 39-year-old Monza teacher left Gyorskocsi, a maximum-security prison, after her family posted a 40,000 EUR bail on the morning of 23 May. 

 Gyorgy Magyar, one of Salis’ lawyers, called her release a “success” in an interview with ANSA. 

 Salis' father Roberto, a vocal advocate for his daughter's release, told ANSA that he is "thrilled finally to be able to hug her again.” He said he hoped her stay in her Budapest apartment was “just a temporary stop before we finally see her in Italy.”

 Eugenio Losco and Mauro Straini, the Italian members of Salis’ legal team, said the Italian government had “promised” to arrange Salis’ extradition to Italy once she had left prison. 

 “We hope Italy will commit itself to make this happen,” the lawyers said. 

  Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani celebrated Salis’ move to house arrest. “We have worked intensively, in silence, without propaganda, without fanfare, as we have always done,” ANSA reported him saying. 

 ButiIn an interview on the GEDI group's Monopoli, a live TV show and podcast, Roberto Salis criticised the Italian government for what he viewed as insufficient advocacy on Salis' behalf.

 "We pay the Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs to work for us," he said, "and we have not seen any concrete action on their part."