Ilaria Salis' imprisonment conditions "are clearly improving" following the horrifying photographs of January 29, and the 39-year-old Italian teacher jailed in Hungary "has been followed by the embassy since the beginning of the judicial case". Even now, discussions with his lawyers and family continue, "as well as for each of the approximately 2,405 Italians detained abroad," because "we are the homeland of Cesare Beccaria, the guarantor inspires our actions with regard to respect for prisoners: what matters is the protection of the dignity of the person." These are the comments of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, in his briefing on the Salis issue to the Chamber of Deputies, in which he reiterates that "the only way forward is that of the rules". Tajani, through an extensive and meticulous recollection of the correspondence between the detainee and the embassy, retraces the initial conditions of detention and the incremental improvements that occurred subsequent to the Embassy's intervention: the docto prescribed specific diet for Ilaria Salis, the acquisition of communication capabilities with the outside world, which was initially denied, the relocation to a different cell subsequent to a report of improper ventilation, and the necessity to adhere to a specific nutritional regimen. The Italian Embassy in Budapest, he assures, "took immediate action to provide every possible assistance to Mrs. Salis and her family, with whom it maintained an intense dialogue, made frequent consular visits to the prison, and intervened to meet her compatriot's requests regarding her prison conditions." Conditions that at the moment "are visibly improving, from a hygienic, health point of view, new blankets have been provided, new nutritional adjustments have been adopted, and there is a more courteous approach by the personnel and a more flexible regime for communication with the family. She had access to the movies, but he still has difficulty accessing the documents translated into Italian; on this, the embassy has issued a new report".
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