The presidents of the Centro Pio Latorre and of the Regional Order of Journalists of Sicily congratulated Ossigeno for the first 10 years of its activity by hosting a conference in Palermo, as they had done previously in July 2008, with the meeting to mark the public debut of the Observatory “Press freedom now faces […]
Data on the outcome of trials in the courts of Sicily presented in Palermo on December 13th 2018 by Ossigeno on the tenth anniversary of its foundation. Each year, the Sicilian courts impose sentences of imprisonment for a total of 10 years and six months on defendants (mainly journalists) for libel in print . They […]
The general prosecutor of Messina declared, “The facts do not support it”. Moreover the Prosecutor Rossi has withdrawn his lawsuit accepting the public apologies of the chief editor of the Civetta di Minerva. On November 26th 2018, almost seven years after the event, the Messina judge for preliminary investigations, Dr. Monica Marino, acquitted the journalist […]
10 January 2019 – Focus on the Conference held in Rome to celebrate the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists10 January 2019 – 11
Last news about violations of freedom of expression in Italy. Why is the deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio attacking journalists. Defamation. Three draft bills under discussion in the Parliament.
Maria Corrao, director of Il Corriere della Città, was punched and kicked by two young men. It will takeher ten days to recover. On the 22nd November 2018, near the travellers’ camp of Castel Romano (Rome), the journalist Maria Corrao, editor of the local newspaper Il Corriere della Città, was attacked with kicks and punches […]
They are alleged to be those serious “haters” (very negative posters) who in February 2018 attacked on Facebook Claudia Marra a correspondent of I Fatti Vostri. Three people have been identified and are now being investigated who, in February 2018, directed insults and heavy threats on Facebook at the journalist Claudia Marra, whileshe was working […]
On the 22nd January 2018, three youths launched themselves against the correspondent and his team from the TV programme Striscia La Notizia in the Traiano neighbourhood in Naples. The Carabinieri of Bagnoli (Naples), coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Naples have arrested three youths for the aggression suffered by the correspondent of Striscia La Notizia, […]
In the trial for defamation in printfor articles on the alleged presence of asbestos in the premises ofthe municipal transport company of La Spezia reported in 2016 by atrade unionist Oxygen for the Information has accepted the request of the freelance journalist Gabriele Cocchi to be assisted by the Free Legal Aid Office of the […]
The judge will decide in December onthe setting aside of the charge as requested by the publicprosecutor. The reporter had reported the presence of asbestos in thebuilding of the municipal transport company of La Spezia On the 14th December 2018 the court of first instance of La Spezia will decide whether to file, as requested […]