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 The European Court of Human Rights has accepted a case submitted by Amanda Knox's lawyers over rights violations she allegedly suffered at the hands of Italian authorities during the 2007 investigation into the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights Wed, 18 May 2016 12:24:52 +0200 amanda-knoxs-case-against-italy-accepted-by-court-of-human-rights Europe's top rights court on Tuesday rapped Italy for failing to identify and prosecute policemen who severely beat demonstrators on the fringes of a G8 summit in Genoa. https://www.thelocal.it/20150407/european-court-raps-italy-over-g8-summit-police-brutality Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:30:13 +0200 european-court-raps-italy-over-g8-summit-police-brutality 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 A prisoner in north-east Italy has been awarded nearly €5,000 in compensation for living in an overcrowded jail cell, the first ruling of its kind in Italy since criticism of the prison system by the European Court of Human Rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/padua-inmate-gets-5k-payout-over-inhumane-cell Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:35:00 +0200 padua-inmate-gets-5k-payout-over-inhumane-cell On the eve of a deadline set by the European Court of Human Rights for Italy to ease overcrowding in prisons, the country’s jails still exceed the legal capacity by at least 15,000 inmates, according to figures from Antigone, the Italian prison watchdog. https://www.thelocal.it/20140527/conditions-in-italian-prisons-are-still-bad-watchdog Tue, 27 May 2014 16:19:00 +0200 conditions-in-italian-prisons-are-still-bad-watchdog A European court has dismissed as untrue a story that claimed baptizing newborn children without permission from both parents "violates their freedom". https://www.thelocal.it/20140422/baptizm-is-a-crime-against-children-european-court Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:30:00 +0200 baptizm-is-a-crime-against-children-european-court Italy must allow children to take their mother's surname and break away from the "patriarchal concept of the family", the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140107/italian-babies-can-take-mums-surname-eu-court Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:36:00 +0100 italian-babies-can-take-mums-surname-eu-court