Ossigeno – BAD NEWS from Italy| 18 June 2018
The last news about attacks and violations of freedom of the expression and the media in Italy as well as in other countries.
Entries by Redazione Web
Telex from Malta. Daphne Caruana Galizia: Wrong to elect corrupt politicians
We can no longer blame corrupt politicians because we can no longer deny corrupt politicians are a reflection of society, Daphne Caruana Galizia said on 5 June 2017, some months before she was brutally killed in Malta
Telex from Vienna. Oliver Vujovic (SEEMO): States tolerate violations
Violations of press freedom reached 149 in 2017 in the 32 countries of south, east and central Europe. the real number of attacks and threats against media and journalists is far higher
Telex from London. Jodie Ginsberg (Index): monitoring and protection of journalists needed
Not enough is being done to protect journalists. Governments have a responsibility in creating a safe environment.
Telex. Turkish escaped journalist: Journalism is our breath
And today it is still not free. There are pens and brains serving a death sentence. Our world is the one of “Fahrenheit 451”
Telex from London. Lucy Freeman (MLDI): Strong legal framework to protect journalists
All over the world press freedom is threatened by governments, businesses and other powerful interests. Journalists face many barriers
Telex. From Leipzig, Lutz Kinkel (ECPMF): “Autocrats do not understand jazz and press freedom”
The Director of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) reflects upon similarities between jazz and press freedom
Telex. UNESCO to Ossigeno: impunity for crimes against journalists too high
More than 1000 journalists were killed and less than one case out of nine judicially solved. Freedom of information is essential to reach the sustainable development goals.
He walloped the reporter but now apologises and donates 5,000 euro to the national press federation (FNSI)
The gesture by the former minister Mario Landolfi was a sign of reconciliation after the unpleasant incident on April 19th. It was the reporter himself from La7 to suggest the donation
Lawsuit: Corrado Formigli and Rai will not pay 5 million to Fiat
The final Court of Appeal has definitively established this, rejecting the appeal of the car company (ordered to pay the legal expenses) against the journalist being found innocent.