World · Europe · 23 hrs ago
Italy sets late-October hearing on Carla Zambelli extradition request
Italy has scheduled a hearing on Brazil’s request to extradite Carla Zambelli, a former member of Brazil’s federal parliament.
The hearing concerns her conviction for pursuing a journalist with a gun in 2022, for which she was sentenced to five years in prison.
The two accounts give different hearing dates: October 27 and October 29.
Zambelli is awaiting Italy’s decision while living in Rome, after spending nearly a year in a women’s prison there.
Brazil wants her to serve her sentence in the Federal District.
Italy’s courts have questioned whether Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court was impartial in a separate case involving the alleged invasion of a national justice council’s computer system.
The scheduled hearing will consider Brazil’s extradition request.
Italy has scheduled a hearing on Brazil’s request to extradite former federal deputy Carla Zambelli, but reports differ on the date.
CNN Brasil reported the hearing is set for October 29, while UOL reported October 27.
The request concerns a conviction linked to Zambelli pursuing a journalist with a gun during Brazil’s 2022 election period.
Zambelli was sentenced to five years in prison for illegal firearm possession and coercion using a weapon.
She is awaiting the Italian court’s decision while at liberty in Rome.
- Who
- Carla Zambelli, a former Brazilian federal deputy, and the Brazilian government.
- What
- Italy scheduled a hearing on Brazil’s request to extradite Zambelli. The reports give different dates: October 27 and October 29.
- When
- October 27 according to UOL; October 29 according to CNN Brasil.
- Where
- Italy. Zambelli is awaiting the decision in Rome.
- Why
- The request concerns her conviction for illegal firearm possession and coercion using a weapon after she pursued a journalist with a gun.
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- Reported hearing date
- October 27 (UOL); October 29 (CNN Brasil)
- Location
- Rome, Italy
- Sentence
- Five years in prison
- Conviction
- Illegal firearm possession and coercion using a weapon
- Incident
- Pursued a journalist with a gun during Brazil’s 2022 election period
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