Judge Silvia Albano, who did not authorize the detention of 12 asylum seekers taken to Albania, filed a judicial complaint on October 24 after receiving death threats.
"Militant and corrupt magistrate, I hope someone shoots you very soon. It will be a day of joy and celebration."
The Italian judge Silvia Albano, head of the Magistratura Democratica (MD) association and one of the immigration section judges of the Rome court, has been receiving about 30 similar messages every day.
She was the judge that did not authorize the detention of 12 asylum seekers recently taken to Albania.
On the morning of October 24, Albano filed a "detailed report" at the prosecutor's office.
Meanwhile, the Italian Data Protection Authority has spoken out against a regulation opposed by NGOs and opposition groups: that of the possibility for police to search the cell phone of a migrant not collaborating with identification procedures.
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Open Arms lawyers 'also threatened'
Long criticized by the center-right, who accuse her of being linked to leftist groups or being "pro-migrant", Albano has since the Albania case arisen become a target, MD says.
They add that there has been a "campaign to discredit Rome magistrates fostering a climate of counterpositions, of hate, that has led to serious threats to her safety and life."
The threatening messages were sent online to both MD and her institution, as well as being published on social media.
Threats have also been addressed to Palermo magistrates and especially to Open Arms prosecutors.
Albano's complaint will lead to the opening of a file that will be sent to the Perugia prosecutor's office.
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'We can have different ideas, but there needs to be civilized debate'
The head of Italy's national magistrates association (ANM), Giuseppe Santalucia, has urged calm.
"Raising the level of the clash fosters confusion and hate and does not serve anyone. We cannot call magistrates 'enemies of the people'. This is a message that pollutes public debate. Let's stop the personal attacks," he added.
Messages of solidarity have been sent to Albano by members of the opposition.
Senate president Ignazio La Russa condemned "with the maximum firmness such intimidations, which can never be justified. We can have different ideas and opinions but there must always be civilized debate and reciprocal respect."
The League party has said that it is not only Albano that is being targeted but also the "lawyers assisting Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case -- beginning with the lawyer Giulia Bongiorno -- have been targeted with serious threats that have multiplied in a concerning manner after the latest hearing in Palermo."
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Data protection authority against access to migrants' phones
While the decree has now been published in the official gazette listing safe countries the Italian government hopes to use for keeping asylum seekers in its recently opened migration centers in Albania, Italian Data Protection Authority chief Pasquale Stanzione has focused on a decree regulating migration flows.
Under scrutiny is Article 12, which would allow police to access migrants' phones and other electronic devices if they were to not collaborate with identification procedures.
"Reflection is required," Stanzione said during the first commission at the Chamber of Deputies, calling for an assessment of the "proportionality" of the measure and to subject it before and not later to a judicial examination.
Special attention, he added, should be put on unaccompanied minors.
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