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The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published its reports on return flights of migrants from Spain and Italy.
European Digital Rights (EDRi) has presented its 2016 awards, the "first ever third edition" of the annual awards event. This year's awards ranged from the "'Humpty Dumpty Award' for the most silly 'statistics'" –...
The 6th episode of “Prisons of Italy” takes us to the last Italian island prison: Gorgona. The island's inhabitants are almost all detainees and law enforcement officials. This prison operates a model of...
Paradoxically, in a year of frontal political attacks by several national governments against migrants and asylum seekers, the EP's resolution on fundamental rights calls on countries to refrain from inciting fear and hatred among citizens.
Italy has risen to 54th place from 97th in the Global Right to Information Rating thanks to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), a new law introduced in May 2016 that will enter into force on December 23, 2016. The...
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Protests in Warsaw against government plans to restrict journalists' access to Parliament continued for a third day yesterday. Protesters and opposition MPs say the government is trying to restrict press freedom with...
The CILD ceremony to award ordinary human rights defenders is this evening – will you be there?
Not only should it be legally allowed for a child to have more than two parents, there should also exist legislation for surrogate mothers, according to the State Commission for Reassessment of Parenthood. The new...
When the Al Zhouri family first arrived in Canada from Syria in January 2014, they didn't know how they would become members of the community. But with the support of a group of sponsors, the family quickly found their niche.
The French Parliament has voted in accordance with government plans to extend the French state of emergency until July 15, 2017. The state of emergency was declared in November 2015 after the attacks in Paris and has...
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