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Alerts - Italy

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Italy

Investigative reporters, websites threatened once again by proposed "gag law"

The bill aims to curb the publication of police wiretaps in news media and would force websites to publish corrections.

Italy

Telecommunications agency poised to assume arbitrary Internet filtering powers

Authorities are setting up a system for Internet filtering without referring to the courts, effectively acting as both plaintiff and judge, prompting fears of preventive censorship.

Italy

Perugia prosecutor files defamation lawsuit, shutters blog

CPJ calls on Florence and Perugia authorities to drop the trumped-up defamation lawsuit against Perugia Shock, an English-language blog created by freelance journalist Frank Sfarzo.

Italy

Journalists threatened for reporting on murders

CPJ is troubled by the manifest intolerance to criticism displayed by Perugia Public Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, who has filed or threatened to file criminal lawsuits against individual reporters, writers, and press outlets, both in Italy and the United States.

Italy

Prime minister interrupts talk show to insult host and guests

In an unexpected telephone call broadcast live during a television show that was reporting on an ongoing prostitution investigation, Silvio Berlusconi criticised the programme.

Italy

Senate approves restrictive wiretap law

IPI calls on Chamber of Deputies to reject bill restricting investigative journalism

Italy

After high-profile corruption probe, draft bill "gagging" media due to go before senate

Italian media outlets have united to decry this latest assault on media freedom.

Italy

Google conviction could lead to prior control over videos posted online, reports RSF

Three Google executives were found guilty of violating the privacy of a handicapped teenager by allowing a video of him being bullied to be posted on Google Video in 2006.

Italy

IFJ condemns ban on political talk on Italian TV ahead of elections

Political debate will only be allowed if all 18 parties are guaranteed equal air time.

Italy

Proposed decree would require websites showing videos to obtain licence

The decree, which could take effect as early as 27 January, poses yet another threat to free expression in Italy.

Italy

IPI urges Italy to ensure independence of public broadcasting system

The organisation urged Prime Minister Berlusconi to respect the right of media to criticise elected politicians.

Italy

Newspapers face legal action after reporting on prime minister's private life

The EFJ has condemned Prime Minister Berlusconi for launching a legal vendetta against media at home and abroad for reporting on his troubled personal life.

Italy

IFJ says Italian talk of Israel "boycott" is absurd

IFJ criticised Italian media reports over the expulsion of the National Federation of Israeli Journalists (NFIJ) from the IFJ for non-payment of fees for four years.

Italy

Draft law threatens to silence journalists

IPI calls on representatives of the Italian Parliament to reject "draft law 1415".

Italy

Author writes about mafia, receives death threats

(WiPC/IFEX) - The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is concerned by reports that members of the mafia in Italy who were denounced in Roberto Saviano's novel "Gomorra" have reportedly announced he will be assassinated by Christmas. Saviano has told the press that he is leaving Italy as a consequence. For the last two years, he has been living under permanent police protection.

Italy

Cuts at private TV channel "pose a serious danger to pluralism in Italian media," says IFJ

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 25 September 2008 IFJ media release:

Italy

"La Repubblica" reporter's home searched; RSF calls for European-level protection of sources

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has learned with anger that police searched the home of journalist Giuseppe d'Avanzo on 13 December 2007, a day after an article of his in the Rome-based daily "La Repubblica" revealed that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated on suspicion of trying to corrupt senators. The Naples prosecutor's office confirmed the report.

Italy

Bill on publication of phone call intercepts raises press freedom concerns

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called on Italy's senators not to approve a bill on telephone tapping that regulates the publication of phone call intercepts in the news media. Presented by justice minister Clemente Mastella, the bill sailed through the chamber of deputies on 17 April 2007 with 447 votes in favour, 7 abstentions and none against.

Italy

Two newspaper offices searched in probe of imam's kidnapping

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has deplored police searches of the offices of the daily newspapers "La Repubblica" in Rome and Milan and "Il Piccolo" in Trieste and said it was "unacceptable" that journalists were being treated as police assistants.

Italy

Blogger unfairly convicted of defamation

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned a 13,500-euro sentence against blogger Roberto Mancini in fines, damages and costs imposed by a court in Val d'Aosta, in northern Italy on 26 May 2006, after local journalists brought forward a defamation suit.

Italy

Court frees journalist held after writing about serial murders

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:

Italy

Crime journalist critical of official investigation into murder case detained, faces defamation charges

(CPJ/IFEX) -The following is a CPJ letter to President Berlusconi:

Italy

Librarian acquitted in censorship trial

(IFLA/FAIFE/IFEX) - The following is an IFLA/FAIFE press release:

Italy

Police search "Corriere della Sera" newsroom

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:

Italy

Berlusconi cuts stake in television company

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 15 April 2005 IFJ media release:

Italy

Journalists call for protection of newspaper's editorial independence

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ press release:

Italy

Police raid paper's offices, journalist's home

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned the 16 August 2004 police raids on the offices of the Milan-based weekly "Gente" and the Rome residence of journalist Gennaro De Stefano, calling the incidents a "serious attack on investigative journalism" and a violation of European human rights law.

Italy

Legislators move to abolish prison sentences for libel

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has welcomed a proposed amendment to Italy's defamation law that would abolish prison sentences for libel, and has urged Parliament to pass the new text as soon as possible so that judges will be able to review the cases of journalists who have already been given prison terms. The proposed reform was approved by the lower house's judicial commission in a 1 July 2004 vote.

Italy

Journalist receives suspended prison sentence

(RSF/IFEX) - On 5 May 2004, journalist Fabrizio Gatti, a reporter with the daily "Corriere della Sera", was given a suspended 20-day prison sentence for falsifying his identity during an investigation into conditions at a refugee centre. The journalist plans to appeal the verdict.

Italy

New investigation brings hope 10 years after murder of two journalists

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has expressed support for the Italian Parliament's investigation into the murder of Ilaria Alpi, a reporter for the Italian state-run television station RAI 3, and Slovenian cameraman Miran Hrovatin in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 20 March 1994.

Italy

Journalist sentenced to 18 months in prison with no parole

(RSF/IFEX) - On 24 February 2004, a court in Trieste, northeastern Italy, sentenced Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison and ordered him to pay a 100,000 euro (approx. US$124,400) fine for "defamation". Melilli formerly worked as a journalist for the local weekly "Il Meridiano".

Italy

RSF condemns police search of journalists' homes and offices

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has protested the violation of journalists' right to protect their sources following the police search of the homes and offices of two journalists.

Italy

Prime Minister signs decree giving reprieve to one of his television stations

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has accused Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of taking a step that is "a flagrant and shocking example of conflict of interest in the media."

Italy

IFJ welcomes president's decision to block communications law

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 December 2003 IFJ media release:

Italy

RSF urges president to veto broadcasting law to protect press freedom

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has urged Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to veto the Gasparri Law on Television Broadcasting. The law was passed by Parliament on 2 December 2003. The organisation believes it is a threat to press freedom.

Italy

Shots fired at journalist's home in Sardinia

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned an attack in the early hours of 21 October 2003 on the home of journalist Giovanni Maria Sedda in Gavoi, a village near Nuoro in Sardinia. Six shots were fired at the front door just before 1:00 a.m. (local time). Sedda was at home, but neither he nor anyone else was hurt.

Italy

Sicilian journalist who had been investigating drug trafficking attacked by thugs

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has voiced concern about an assault on Massimiliano Pisano, a journalist based in Giardini Naxos, eastern Sicily, who had been writing about drug trafficking in the area.

Italy

Two bills that could favour Berlusconi's media empire progress through parliament

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has warned of the dangers to press freedom posed by two bills that came before parliament on 22 July 2003. The Senate approved the Gasparri bill on broadcasting reform, while the Chamber of Deputies passed a bill supposedly aimed at addressing claims that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ownership of a media empire constitutes a conflict of interest.

Italy

Journalists stage national strike over editor's resignation, perceived threats to press freedom

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Italy

Media conflicts of interest: an Italian anomaly

Italy

IFJ concerned that adoption of new media law will further endanger pluralism

Italy

IFJ calls for action to protect newspapers' editorial independence

Italy

Italian journalist in Paris risks imprisonment if he returns home

Italy

Former prime minister convicted for ordering journalist murdered

Italy

RSF asks Italian president to implement measures guaranteeing journalists' security

Italy

Episode of satirical television series banned

Italy

Seven foreign correspondents receive death threats

Italy

Anti-terrorist police search two journalists' homes

Italy

Journalist imprisoned over 1960s articles

Italy

Media pluralism under increasing threat

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