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 UPDATED: At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:06:57 +0200 over-400-italy-bound-migrants-drowned-in-latest-boat-tragedy Italy said on Thursday that two of its nationals had likely been killed in clashes between Islamic State jihadists and local militia fighters near the Libyan city of Sabratha. https://www.thelocal.it/20160303/italy-says-two-hostages-likely-killed-in-libya-clashes Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:43:52 +0100 italy-says-two-hostages-likely-killed-in-libya-clashes The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Italy over the 2003 kidnapping by the CIA of an Egyptian imam who had been granted political asylum by Italian authorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20160223/eu-rights-court-blasts-italy-over-cia-abduction-of-egyptian-imam Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:04:36 +0100 eu-rights-court-blasts-italy-over-cia-abduction-of-egyptian-imam Six human traffickers have been sentenced by a Palermo court in connection with a migrant boat wreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which more than 300 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20160208/six-migrant-smugglers-sentenced-to-jail-italy-first Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:55:46 +0100 six-migrant-smugglers-sentenced-to-jail-italy-first Italy must pay a total €10 million in compensation to over 350 people who were infected with various viruses through blood transfusions, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:08:40 +0100 over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders Palermo prosecutors are seeking jail terms of up to 17 years for six alleged migrant smugglers in connection with a shipwreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which 366 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:38:57 +0200 people-smugglers-face-jail-for-up-to-17-years 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 Rights campaigners in Italy called on Tuesday for the urgent adoption of a law against torture following a damning verdict from Europe's top court over police brutality in a case which shocked the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20150408/italy-urged-to-make-torture-a-crime-after-echr-ruling Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:27:44 +0200 italy-urged-to-make-torture-a-crime-after-echr-ruling The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned the Italian state for removing a child, who was born to a surrogate mother in Russia, from an Italian couple and ordered it to pay thousands of euros in compensation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/echr-italy-wrong-to-take-child-born-to-russian-surrogate Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:18:00 +0100 echr-italy-wrong-to-take-child-born-to-russian-surrogate The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a case brought about by the biological parents of twins at the centre of an embryo mix-up controversy in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141010/human-rights-court-rejects-embryo-mix-up-case Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:58:00 +0200 human-rights-court-rejects-embryo-mix-up-case Italy's navy said on Thursday it had arrested 16 suspected people smugglers in the Mediterranean thanks to surveillance by a submarine during an operation which saved 300 immigrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/italian-navy-arrests-16-people-smugglers Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:14:00 +0200 italian-navy-arrests-16-people-smugglers Police in Burundi have discovered dozens of human skulls during a search of the home of an Italian expatriate, officials said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131111/human-skulls-found-in-italian-expats-home Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:26:00 +0100 human-skulls-found-in-italian-expats-home