2019. Ossigeno Colloquium on violations of right to information. The Ossigeno proposals
These speech was pronounced by the president Alberto Spampinato at the meeting held in the Bruxelles’ Press Club on November 6, 2019
Entries by Alberto Spampinato
The delays Italy must explain to the UN
Non-compliance with regard to information freedom indicated by Ossigeno to the HR Commission in view of the four-year UPR review
8 years in first instance to a journalist
The case of Gabriele Carchidi, subjected to 179 penal trials (35 hearings in the last month) for libel and the draft bill to abolish imprisonment
Two more journalists provided with police protection
The journalists Nello Scavo of Avvenire and the freelancer Nancy Porsia were threatened by the former head of the Libyan coast guard mysteriously present in Sicily.
Judges of Pavia: Don’t shoot at reporters
Journalists going to war zones are collective witnesses that document the facts and stem the disproportionate and inhuman use of military force. Too often those who kill them go unpunished.
Copies in the editorial offices of Fanpage. An empty trip
The prosecutor of Rovigo has requested the original footage of the investigation into the scandal involving refuse in Veneto region. The chief editor did not hand them over so as not to reveal the identity of the trusted sources On June 17th 2019 the journalist Francesco Piccinini, chief editor of the online newsletter Fanpage, refused […]
Who capture Italian media for private interests
This lesson was held by Alberto Spampinato at the University of Sheffield Summer School, Saturday 29 june 2019
What to do if a news article looks like a conspiracy
Ossigeno’s comment regarding the dismissal of charges against journalists who in 2011 reported a malfunctioning of the Syracuse Public Prosecutor’s Office It was long overdue this decision of the judge for the preliminary investigations of Messina to dismiss the trial that saw the suspects, four journalists of Catania and Syracuse – among which Franco Oddo, […]
Defamation. A sentence says: reform quickly
Comment by the director of Ossigeno following the acquittal of the Syracuse journalist, Carmelo Maiorca sued by former prosecutor
What the report “So much Mafia, so little news” says
The ECPMF’s fact-finding mission in Italy leaded by Ossigeno, based on interviews to 25 experts, journalists, MP’s and member of te Government