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 Fifteen prison officers in Italy are under investigation for allegedly torturing a Tunisian prisoner, Italian media said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190923/fifteen-italian-prison-officers-probed-for-alleged-torture Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:17:00 +0200 fifteen-italian-prison-officers-probed-for-alleged-torture A Somali man who tortured dozens of his compatriots and other migrants in a Libyan camp was sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171010/torturing-migrants-gets-somali-man-life-sentence-in-italy Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:52:23 +0200 torturing-migrants-gets-somali-man-life-sentence-in-italy Italian lawmakers on Wednesday finally passed a bill making torture a crime under national law, after years of parliamentary back-and-forth. https://www.thelocal.it/20170706/torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:50:26 +0200 torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un The Council of Europe has called on Italy to take urgent action in making torture and degrading treatment domestic crimes. https://www.thelocal.it/20170314/make-torture-a-crime-council-of-europe-tells-italy Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:14:37 +0100 make-torture-a-crime-council-of-europe-tells-italy A Somali man faces charges in Italy for murder, torture and extortion allegedly committed among refugees in Libya after several migrants identified him by chance in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20170119/somali-migrant-faces-murder-torture-charges-in-italy Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:53:57 +0100 somali-migrant-faces-murder-torture-charges-in-italy Italian police on Thursday bluntly rejected a report by Amnesty International that they used beatings and electric shocks, potentially constituting 'torture', on migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20161103/italian-police-deny-amnesty-charge-of-migrant-torture Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:51:44 +0100 italian-police-deny-amnesty-charge-of-migrant-torture Italian police have used beatings and electric shocks, potentially constituting "torture", to coerce migrants into being fingerprinted as Italy cracks under pressure from the EU, Amnesty International said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161103/amnesty-italian-police-tortured-migrant-minors Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:40:40 +0100 amnesty-italian-police-tortured-migrant-minors Egypt's Interior Minister on Monday rejected charges of security forces involvement in the case of Italian Giulio Regeni, who was found dead bearing signs of torture after disappearing in Cairo last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/egypt-rejects-charge-against-police-in-italian-students-death Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:21:00 +0100 egypt-rejects-charge-against-police-in-italian-students-death 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 is among the many countries that was complicit in the US government torture programme, according to a report released on Tuesday, although it is also the only country where officials involved in the CIA programme have been convicted. https://www.thelocal.it/20141210/italycomplicit-in-us-torture-programme Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:30:00 +0100 italycomplicit-in-us-torture-programme Italian senators have voted to introduce a torture law, a long-awaited move hailed by the justice minister as bringing Italy up to international standards. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/italy-vote-paves-way-for-torture-law Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:28:00 +0100 italy-vote-paves-way-for-torture-law