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Italy’s highest court confirmed last Friday that the arrest of Carola Rackete in June was unlawful. To avoid similar mistakes happening in the future we need to reform the outdated Facilitation Directive.

​On 14 November, the Rome Court of Assizes sentenced two national police officers to 12 years in prison for the unintentional murder of Stefano Cucchi.

Six prison officers working at the Lorusso and Cutugno prisons have been arrested in Turin, on suspicion of having repeatedly tortured prisoners between April 2017 and November 2018.

The brutal campaign of kidnapping and murder spanned decades and involved six South American military dictatorships.

After a seven-month wait the Court in Rovereto has finally forced the mayor of the city to recognise that the child's parents are two women and to issue his identity card.

The controversy surrounding the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 and its captain, Carola Rackete, once again divides opinion in Europe. The legality of her actions is however undisputed.

The first round has been won by the dockers and the pacifist associations. And the suspicious part of the cargo, which could be used for warmongering, will not leave the port of Genoa.

Italian NGO Antigone has presented a new report on the state of Italian prisons conlcuding that although crime rates are down, the prison poulation is increasing becauses judges are handing down longer sentences.

All eyes are on the Casal Bruciato outskirt of the Italian capital, which has been marred by violent protests being stoked by the extreme-right wing association CasaPound.

The video that brought down Austria's government was devastating, but it was far from an isolated incident. Instead, it points to a much larger problem that exists across Europe.