Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing populist regime threatens judicial independence … Moves to strip constitutional independence of La Magistratura … Judges on the ramparts … The Osama Almasri affair … Silvana Olivetti reports

French teacher beheaded after showing caricatures of Mohammed to the class … Young student’s false claim ends in tragedy … Misinformation takes off on social media … Media storm … Religion infiltrates public life … Trials unfold … Hugh Vuillier reports

Public glare on rape trial in France … Survivor demands the proceedings be open … The spectacle of misery … Unsettling details … Traumatising complainants … The case of Gisèle Pelicot … Hugh Vuillier reports