Amnesty International is concerned about the shooting and consequent death of 25-year-old Francesco Mazzeo by an officer of the Guardia di Finanza in October ...
AI is seeking information from the Italian authorities about the outcome of a complaint of ill-treatment lodged by Naser Hasani against police officers in Florence ...
Thousands of people were abducted and "disappeared" in Argentina during the period of military rule, 1976-1983. Although under the subsequent civilian government ...
1. Bahrain: Protesters face brutal suppression; 2. Bolivia: Justice finally served as former president begins jail sentence; 3. Nations unite for commemoration ...
AI has received allegations over a number of years that detainees in Italy have been subjected to gratuitous and deliberate physical violence. There has been a ...
1. Italy: Death penalty abolished for all crimes. 2. Turkey: A return to the old order? 3. Council of Europe: European body calls for anti-death penalty treaty. ...
Fifteen-year-old Salvatore Messina lodged a formal complaint that he was threatened and beaten by vigili urbani on the night of 11 March 1994. A medical certificate ...
Judicial investigations have been opened into the allegations of ill-treatment at Secondigliano Prison. In April 1994 it was reported that 108 Secondigliano prison ...