THE SILENT ABUSE
La Revue | ITA
In Italy, racial profiling is widespread yet rarely reported and lacks official data. According to a survey, 71% of people of African descent or with a migrant background say they have experienced it at least once; yet public discussion of this abuse is left almost entirely to the voices of those affected. Despite international recommendations, the country has yet to adopt concrete measures to address these practices. The stories of those subjected to targeted checks and discriminatory treatment remain the only way to shed light on an ignored reality, underscoring the urgency of ensuring rights and equality.
«WE’RE BEING FLAGGED JUST FOR BEING BLACK»: RACIAL PROFILING IS A SILENT FORM OF VIOLENCE, EVEN IN ITALY
L’Espresso | ITA
Targeting people based on their ethnicity without valid grounds: a covert policing practice that is hard to prove. Not least because there is a lack of data on how widespread it is, the legislative tools to curb it are missing, and public debate on the issue is almost nonexistent.
DATA ON FOREIGNERS IN PRISONS TELL A STORY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE THINK
Facta.news | ITA
Foreigners make up about a third of Italy’s prison population, a share that has steadily declined from over 37% fifteen years ago despite raw numbers ticking up slightly. This overrepresentation stems not from higher criminality but from socioeconomic vulnerabilities, shorter sentences, higher pretrial detention rates, and legal barriers like lacking residence permits that block alternatives to jail.
ABUSES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE NOT OFFICIALLY MONITORED IN ITALY
Facta.news | ITA
In Italy, there is an observatory that monitors violence suffered by police officers, but there are neither official data nor independent bodies that oversee the actions of law enforcement.
NO COUNTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Green European Journal | ENG & ITA
The cost of living crisis follows the pandemic as another blow to young people and their living standards. In Italy, younger generations have been suffering from the effects of precarious work and falling economic prosperity for at least a decade. The result is widespread disillusionment, withdrawal from politics, and a vacuum that only the Right has so far been able to fill.
A FAMILY TORN APART: HOW HUNGARY’S HYPOCRITICAL IMMIGRATION POLICY LEFT ONE ARAB MAN STUCK IN SERBIA ALONE
The New Arab | ENG
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the double standards of European countries in accepting refugees. Hungary is one such example. For non-Ukrainians like Lebanese citizen Samir, now trapped in Serbia, his life and future hang in the balance.
HUNGARY SETS DOGS ON NON-UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
EUobserver | ENG
While the border between Serbia and Hungary remains almost impenetrable, Hungary’s border with Ukraine is open to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people fleeing. Samir is Lebanese, but he cannot live in his country because of death threats he received after an investigative report he did.
THE VOICES OF YOUNG PALESTINIAN DIASPORA ACTIVISTS FIGHTING FOR THEIR PEOPLE
Valigia Blu | ITA
Young Palestinian activists in the diaspora are fighting to preserve their cultural identity and advocate for their people’s rights amid Israel’s occupation. In countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and the US, they face refugee camps, discrimination, and economic exclusion stretching back to the 1948 Nakba. Through protests, social media, BDS campaigns, and lobbying, figures like Melad Salameh, Amir Toumie, and Zarefah Baroud challenge apartheid policies, Gaza’s siege, and denial of return, filling a vital gap in global advocacy.