https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy on Thursday admitted responsibility for police brutality at Genoa's G8 summit, and agreed to pay victims thousands of euros in compensation. https://www.thelocal.it/20170407/italian-government-admits-police-brutality-pays-out Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:13:14 +0200 italian-government-admits-police-brutality-pays-out After years of delay Italy is pushing to approve an anti-torture law by the summer, following condemnation of police brutality by the European Court of Human Rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20150409/italy-pushes-for-torture-law-by-summer Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:23:27 +0200 italy-pushes-for-torture-law-by-summer A British activist and journalist who was severely beaten at a police raid on the fringes of a G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 is now campaining for Italy to pass a torture law, in accordance with recommendations from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) published on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150408/g8-police-brutality-victim-calls-for-torture-ban Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:34:38 +0200 g8-police-brutality-victim-calls-for-torture-ban Italy put boat migrants at risk by sending them to Greece, from where they could have been returned to their dangerous home countries, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141021/european-court-rules-against-italy-over-boat-migrants Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:21:00 +0200 european-court-rules-against-italy-over-boat-migrants Italy has eclipsed Russia as the country with the most appeals to the European Court of Human Rights due to a surge in applications over conditions in Italian prisons, a spokesperson at the court told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/italy-beats-russia-in-appeals-over-human-rights Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:05:00 +0200 italy-beats-russia-in-appeals-over-human-rights The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ruling that insider trading crimes punished by a regulator cannot also be tried in criminal courts, a decision that could set a precedent across Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20140711/european-court-tells-italy-insider-trading-cannot-be-punished-twice Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:15:00 +0200 european-court-tells-italy-insider-trading-cannot-be-punished-twice The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected an appeal by a 93-year-old British expatriate living in Italy to be granted the right to vote in the UK, lawyers said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130919/european-court-rejects-expat-voter-appeal Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:02:00 +0200 european-court-rejects-expat-voter-appeal