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Journalist falsely accused a colleague. Sentenced 7 years later

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Six months inprisonment for libel of Salvo Benanti who in 2014 asked Franco Oddo to return the Mario Francese Prize for Journalism.

Defamation bill. The maxi-fines proposed by Senate are more punishing than prison

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Amendments by various political parties propose to set the minimum fine (which is now € 516) at 10, 20 or 40 thousand euro

Italy. Defamation draft bill. The Senate introduces new alarming punitive rules

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With the first round of votes to abolish imprisonment but increasing fines 20-40 times and reviving punitive rules of the Fascist penal code and others - By Giuseppe F. Mennella

Off with the mask! The Supreme Court decision on imprisonment for defamation

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By A. Spampinato and G.F. Mennella - The postponement forces all to say whether they are truly in favour of the abolition of the penalty of imprisonment

Jail for Journalists: the Council of Europe awaits explanations from Italy

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About the alert published on the International Platform for the Protection of Journalism which regards the legal advice of the Italian State Attorney

8 years in first instance to a journalist

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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

Italy. Libel. 9000 criminal complaints & 64 prison sentences each year

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Oxygen’s comments on the ISTAT figures of Italian penal libel proceedings against journalists. The complaints doubled in 5 years

The Constitutional Court judges detention for libe

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The decision of the magistrate to refer it to the Constitutional…

Italy. 52.000 journalists received threats, Ossigeno reports. Who believes it?

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Who will draw the consequences? The Observatory highlights that 3508 names of threatened journalists in Italy show just the tip of one iceberg that is 15 times bigger