Bata – Roberto Berardi, the Italian businessman detained for two years and six months in Equatorial Guinea, part of which in solitary confinement, was released from prison on July 9. To news was announced, with a few days of delay due to the indispensable news blackout, by his wife Rossella and Democratic Party Senator Luigi Manconi, President of the Commission for the Protection of Human Rights of the Senate, that followed the case from the beginning. (9Colonne)