Newsletter 5 march 2022

Newsletter 5 march 2022

Review of the news published by Ossigeno per l’informazione, an observatory on intimidation and threats against journalist and obscured news in Italy, by Grazia Pia Attolini

Too many SLAPPs. Ossigeno shares the alarm raised by the Calabrian media
This interview was published on March 2^nd  2022 by Corriere della Calabria, one of the newspapers published in this Italian sourtern region that on February 25^th 2022 spread the collective appeal “Alarm from for the free media”

Too many SLAPPs in Calabria. Public alarm from media and journalists
The collective document “Attack on the free media” signed by local newspapers, the professional order and the journalists’ union, raises an alarm without precedents in Italy

SLAPPs. Thoughts of a freealance reporter acquitted after a 7 years trial for libel
Whenever we are attacked with spurious lawsuits, we reporters who respect truth and professional ethics should be systematically helped to defend ourselves in court

Acquitted! Who pay legal fees for author of published articles sued for libel?
In Italy the indemnity of the company in favour of journalists is rarely applied – How to invoke it and make it always applicable – The case of Vanessa Valvo acquitted after 7 years

SLAPPS. After 7 years a freelance journalist defended by Ossigeno is acquitted
Vanessa Valvo was sued by a parish priest who eventually withdrew the lawsuit – The reference to Mafia Capitale – Publishers, indemnity and legal fees