Overview
- The Supreme Court annulled with referral the prior appellate decision and remanded the case to the Turin Court of Appeal, leaving Mohamed Shahin free pending the new judgment.
- On December 30, the Caltanissetta Court of Appeal had confirmed the refusal to expel Shahin despite the Interior Ministry order.
- In mid-December, the Turin Court of Appeal ordered Shahin's release from the Caltanissetta CPR after finding he was not dangerous to Italy.
- The case stems from remarks Shahin made at an October 9 pro-Palestine sit-in in Turin, which prosecutors on October 16 deemed protected expression and not a crime.
- On November 24, Digos executed an expulsion decree signed by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi labeling Shahin a concrete security threat, as political figures such as Augusta Montaruli pressed for removal.