Tag Archive for: legal aid

Italy. Sued and acquitted after 6 years. Ossigeno helps him cover the costs

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19 sep 2025 -Journalist Carlo Ruocco recounts his lengthy trial, reflecting on the risks of working without a publisher’s indemnity

Italy. A landmark ruling: threats to journalists disrupt a public service

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5 jul 2025 - The Foggia sentence - Lawyer Di Pietro: a step forward for the protection of journalists and for the safeguarding of press freedom

Italy. 4 criminal complaints from a public company against a newspaper

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5 jun 2025 - After the publication of articles on lack of trasparency -  Why Ossigeno and Media Defence pay the costs of legal assistance for 2 journalists

French reporter on trial in Italy for damage together with protesters he was filming

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4th jun 2025 - He was documenting an animal group protest that blocked a sheep slaughterhouse - Ossigeno and Media Defence provide him legal assistance

Italy. SLAPP against an environmentalist that defends hedgehogs in Faenza

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30 nov 2024 - The protected animal species risks extinction - A construction company warns the blogger Cinzia Savioli and demands €50,000 in damages

Italy: Blogger sued for criticism of the designers of a flooded neighbourhood

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27 nov 2024 - Why the Legal Desk of Ossigeno and Media Defence support the legal defence of environmental activist Linda Maggiori

Italy. Why I sued a convicted Mafia gangster. Journalist Giuseppe Tallino thanks Ossigeno

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5 nov 2024 - The journalist says: I feels the need to re-establish a line of dignity and respect, a boundary - Ossigeno awarded him with financial compensation

Legal desk award to Attilio Bolzoni sued after the scoop over an industrialist

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15 october 2024 - Since 2015 he have been hit by a barrage of lawsuits. Hedefend himyself at his own expense without the support of publishers

Italy. Publishers not covering legal expenses. The Giordano Contu case

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23 Oct 2024 - The journalist was sued by an airline pilot. His publisher refused to cover legal expenses . Ossigeno will defend him in court covering defence's costs

Italy. Libel. How difficult is it to have the plaintiff prosecuted for slander

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Two Public Prosecutor's Office, faced with lawsuits with untrue accusations, proceeded in different manner, one for calumny, the other dismissing the case