FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini attends a joint news conference following a cabinet meeting in Rome, Italy, June 11, 2019 REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday denounced a judge who freed the German captain of a charity rescue ship accused of forcing an Italian naval blockade and suggested the ruling was politically motivated.
The national magistrates association warned that Salvini was undermining the judiciary's independence in a case that has whipped up diplomatic tensions in Europe and threatens to compromise Salvini's efforts to curb migrant flows from Africa.
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