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Relatives of coronavirus victims in Italy are taking legal action against the prime minister, health minister and the president of the Lombardy region for alleged criminal negligence over their handling of the pandemic.

Source: The Guardian

The Constitutional Court of Romania has annulled a law passed last June that banned discussion of any gender identity different to people’s biological sex in the country’s education system.

Source: Balkan Insight

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that will revive sobering-up stations previously used to allow severely intoxicated people to recover from their inebriation.

Source: Euractiv

As a consequence of the new bill being passed by parliament, the Turkish government will expand its control over civil-society groups on counter-terrorism grounds.

Source: DW

Portugal will use its six-month presidency of the European Union to finalise a landmark law containing the bloc’s emissions-cutting targets.

Source: Reuters

Rome is facing pressure to abolish its offshore quarantine system for migrants and refugees following a series of alarming incidents, including several deaths, over the past year. Italy has isolated thousands of asylum seekers on ferries over the course of the pandemic.

Source: Politico

Felix Klein, Germany's anti-Semitism commissioner called for the removal of 29 Nazi-era paragraphs that remain in the country's laws.

Source: DW

More than 70,000 households have been made homeless since the start of the pandemic, with tens of thousands more threatened with homelessness, despite government pledges to protect tenants and prevent evictions.

Source: The Guardian

The activists want to bring their complaint to the ECHR against the Polish government after the Constitutional Court decided to ban abortion in cases of fetal damage. This decision is a potential violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Source: Wyborcza