Gabriele del Grande had been held without charge in this prison since being arrested on April 9th.
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Gabriele del Grande has been freed from detention in Turkey.
The Italian journalist and blogger had been held without charge in this prison since being arrested on April 9th.
Italian journalist #GabrieleDelGrande released by Turkish authorities, landing in Bologna 10.10am pic.twitter.com/WADBP3oFKR
— francesco strazzari (@franxstrax) 24 avril 2017
He was gathering material for a book on Syrian refugees in the southeast border province of Hatay.
Relatives say the 34-year-old had begun a hunger strike to put pressure on the Turkish authorities.
Italian journalist Gabriele del Grande is finally free, drawing by the amazing
mollycrabapple</a> in his support. <a href="https://t.co/IJEvBukYT3">pic.twitter.com/IJEvBukYT3</a></p>— Rami Jarrah (RamiJarrah) 24 avril 2017
Supporters marched in Rome on Saturday to press for del Grande’s release.
They called on the EU to do all it could to intervene.