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 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 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 A council of cardinals set up by Pope Francis to advise him on Vatican reforms began its latest meeting on Monday to discuss how to overhaul the Catholic Church's scandal-hit bureaucracy and finances. https://www.thelocal.it/20140217/tension-as-vaticans-g8-meets-to-revamp-bank Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:50:20 +0100 tension-as-vaticans-g8-meets-to-revamp-bank Three of Italy's former leading police officers have been put under house arrest for their roles in raids at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, during which dozens of protesters were beaten by police. https://www.thelocal.it/20140103/ex-police-bosses-arrested-over-g8-raids Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:11:00 +0100 ex-police-bosses-arrested-over-g8-raids