Gabriele Del Grande, 34, was expected to arrive at Bologna airport
in Italy Monday and be met by his parents and Foreign Minister Angelino
Alfano.
An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two weeks in detention, Italy's foreign ministry said Monday.
Gabriele Del Grande, 34, was expected to arrive at Bologna airport in Italy Monday and be met by his parents and Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.
"I
spoke to him just now and he's on his way back to Italy.
I had the
great joy of telling his family. We are waiting for him," Alfano said.
Del
Grande was handcuffed by Turkish police on April 9 as he was
interviewing people who had fled the war-torn neighbouring country for a
book he is writing on the conflict
and the birth of the Islamic State
group.
The blogger, writer and human
rights activist began a hunger strike last week after claiming he had no
access to a lawyer and had been "interrogated" on the content of his
research.
Del Grande, who comes from
Lucca in Tuscany, was a co-author and co-director of a documentary on
Syrian and Palestinian refugees, "Io sto con la sposa" ("On the Bride's
Side"),
that was presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2014.
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