The latest Bad News from Italy – March 1st, 2020
Report on the worrying news about intimidation and threats to restrain freedom o the press in Italy and in Europe
Entries by Redazione Web
Anonymous threats to Scalfari and Verdelli
Suspicious anonymous packages and a bomb alert at La Repubblica. Threats to the founder and chief editor of the newspaper. The judiciary is investigating
Lawsuits against Volleyball for its criticisms
They want to intimidate me, says Luca Muzzioli, editor of Volleyball otherwise they would have asked for a correction to my articles.
The Lega funds’ affair: L’Espresso reporters acquitted
Salvini and other party representatives had sued for five articles in 2018 regarding the 49 million euro of electoral reimbursements confiscated and which had largely disappeared.
Foggia: Go away! But the reporter does not leave
Domenico Di Conza (Sharing TV) resisted the pressures of a businessman and formally reported him for threats. He says: all because I criticized his wife- a councillor.
Calabria: stones thrown at the car of Klaus Davi
The expert in mass media is investigating the affairs of the Barbaro family, linked to the ‘Ndrangheta. A formal complaint filed with the police.
Anti-Semitic insults and threats to La Repubblica
Insults and threats directed at the editor Carlo Verdelli, Paolo Berizzi and Senator Liliana Segre from a fictitious social account.
Spoleto: lawsuit from the former mayor collapses
Daniele Ubaldi, chief editor of Spoleto Online acquitted. “This action does not constitute a crime”.
Journalists and police: an incident in Trieste
Four police officers ordered a reporter to leave a conference citing public order problems raised by the organizers.
Assaulted whilst filming suspect waste dumping
They are Pierpaolo Petino and Alessandro Carlos Jovane from Videoinformazioni. It happened in San Felice a Cancello (CE)