FILE PHOTO: General view from the Gianicolo hill during sunset in Rome, Italy, February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's upper house of parliament on Wednesday gave final approval to a wide-ranging security decree that targets public protests, pickpockets and squatters, and outlaws so-called "legal" cannabis.
The measures, spearheaded by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition government, have been criticised by opposition groups and civil rights campaigners as unduly repressive.
