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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

Jail for journalists? Unclear Italian government response to the Council of Europe

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He says that there is a bill in Parliament to abolish imprisonment but in the reply the government does not declare what its political will is in this regard. For or against?

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

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

Report. In Italy the Mafia is a systemic threat to press freedom and safety of journalists

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The Italy Fact-finding Mission of ECPMF leaded by Ossigeno, on how and why reporting on organized crime or corruption it is so risky

May 10th Mennella: imprisonment for journalists removed in Burkina Faso and Liberia but not in Italy

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The secretary of Ossigeno emphasized in a hearing in the Italian…

Ferrara. A local political leader sues a website

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The prosecutor has already proposed dismissing the case. The…