Italy’s sluggish legal process under the spotlight as devastated relatives fight for cases to go to trialClinging to his son’s coffin, Vincenzo Read More
Jul 12, 2021
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Jul 01, 2021
Italian prisons under fire as video footage shows guards beating inmates
Italy’s justice minister orders an investigation after images from the 2020 incident are publishedItaly’s justice minister, Marta Cartabia, has Read More
Jun 14, 2021
Giulio Regeni’s last messages before his death in Egypt counter spy claims
Facebook messages from the Italian student killed in Cairo in 2016 show his concerns about studying in the countryThe Facebook messages written by the Read More
May 27, 2021
ECHR criticises Italian court for referring to ‘red underwear’ in rape case
Human rights court says language used was unjustifiable and orders €12,000 payment to womanThe European court of human rights has condemned an Italian Read More
May 08, 2021
Refugees and the Armenian genocide: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to China Continue reading... Read More
Apr 27, 2021
UK accused of stranding vulnerable refugees after Brexit
Exclusive: Torture survivors and lone children stuck in Greece and Italy after Home Office ‘deliberately’ ends cooperation on family reunionsThe Home Read More
Apr 25, 2021
A mayday call, a dash across the Mediterranean … and 130 souls lost at sea
Last week, a dinghy full of migrants sank near Libya. Those who were part of the rescue mission tell of a needless tragedyThe weather was already Read More
Nov 05, 2020
Activists hail bill to make violence against LGBT people a hate crime in Italy
Bill now needs approval from upper house before becoming lawActivists in Italy have hailed a vote in the lower house of parliament to pass a bill that Read More
Oct 08, 2020
Italian women take legal action over foetus graves marked with mothers’ names
More than 100 women launch action as activists say practice is serious violation of human rights and privacyA group of more than 100 Italian women Read More
Jun 29, 2020
Poland should get less from Covid-19 fund due to rights record, claim EU member states
Danish PM among those who say rule of law and LGBT rights issues mean a tougher line should be taken with PolandThe EU’s pandemic recovery fund risks Read More
Apr 23, 2020
From an Italian hotel to a US state, coronavirus ‘lawfare’ takes off
Deluge of legal claims expected around world as people seek compensation for damage caused by negligence or misinformationCoronavirus – latest Read More
Oct 16, 2019
Mother seeks to make seriously ill girl Italian citizen after legal win
Tafida Raqeeb’s mother says it is wise for her to become citizen after transfer to Genoa hospitalThe mother of a five-year-old girl with a serious Read More