Articles - Italy
20 April 2011
Palestine / Italy
Italian journalist kidnapped and killed in Gaza
Hamas officials have found the body of an Italian journalist and activist who was kidnapped last week in Gaza, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and the International Press Institute (IPI). Vittorio Arrigoni was affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian rights group, and reported on Palestinian issues for the Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and online paper Peacereporter, and also wrote a blog.
17 November 2010
Italy
Media concentration in hands of Berlusconi "cause for concern," says IPI mission
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ownership of Italy's most powerful private broadcasting company - and willingness to use his power to influence the country's public broadcaster - are severe blows to the diversity of Italy's television news, the International Press Institute (IPI) found on a recent press freedom mission to the country.
14 July 2010
Italy
Journalists strike back at gag law with silence and empty newsstands
Journalists across Italy refused to work on 8 July to protest a wiretapping bill that bans reporting on judicial investigations, say the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Index on Censorship. Criticism of the law has also come from outside Italy's borders.
16 June 2010
Italy
Journalists furious over gag law
Despite massive protest from both independent Italian journalists and those close to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Senate approved a gag law on phone taps on 10 June. The "legge bavaglio" criminalises journalists found guilty of publishing the contents of phone taps, serving them with huge fines and harsh prison terms, report Index on Censorship and the International Press Institute (IPI). The law limits journalists' ability to provide vital information to the public.
7 October 2009
Italy
Right to know; thousands protest
Thousands marched the streets in Rome on 3 October to defend press freedom and freedom of information in the face of continuous attacks by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, reports the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
31 October 2008
Italy
ITALIA: HABLE CONTRA LA CAMORRA
31 October 2008
Italy
ITALIE : DÉNONCEZ LA CAMORRA
29 October 2008
Italy
ITALY: SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CAMORRA
If the mafia gets its way, Italian writer Roberto Saviano has only weeks to live. The Camorra, an Italian mafia group that Saviano denounced in his bestselling book "Gomorra", has ordered him killed before Christmas. Saviano has since announced he is fleeing the country. Join more than 200,000 others, including International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC), and sign a "La Repubblica" appeal urging the Italian authorities to take up Saviano's case.
20 June 2008
Italy
PERIODISTAS ITALIANOS ATACADOS POR LA MAFIA DURANTE MÁS DE 40 AÑOS, DICE ORGANISMO DE VIGILANCIA DE LOS MEDIOS
20 June 2008
Italy
LES JOURNALISTES ITALIENS SONT ATTAQUÉS PAR LA MAFIA DEPUIS 40 ANS, DIT UN CHIEN DE GARDE DES MÉDIAS
17 June 2008
Italy
ITALIAN JOURNALISTS UNDER ATTACK BY MAFIA FOR 40 YEARS, SAYS MEDIA WATCHDOG
For more than 40 years, the Mafia has been targeting journalists who try to expose the organisation's criminal activities, says an Italian media watchdog.
16 June 2005
Italy
LA LOI ITALIENNE NE PARVIENT PAS À LIMITER LA CONCENTRATION DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ DES MÉDIAS, DIT L'OSCE
16 June 2005
Italy
LEYES ITALIANAS NO RESTRINGEN CONCENTRACIÓN DE MEDIOS: OSCE
15 June 2005
Italy
ITALIAN LAW FAILS TO CURB MEDIA CONCENTRATION: OSCE
Italy's broadcasting market remains highly concentrated despite a law passed last year to regulate television, says the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media.
20 December 2003
Italy
VETO À UNE PROPOSITION DE LOI SUR LES MÉDIAS
19 December 2003
Italy
VETAN PROYECTO DE LEY DE MEDIOS
19 December 2003
Italy
PROPOSED MEDIA LAW VETOED
Numerous IFEX members have welcomed a move by Italy's President, Carlo Ciampi, to veto a proposed bill that would have given Prime Minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi greater control over the country's media markets.
15 April 2003
Italy
UNE LOI « MONSTRUEUSE » SUR LES MÉDIAS PERMET LA PROPRIÉTÉ CROISÉE DES MÉDIAS
15 April 2003
Italy
"MONSTRUOSA" LEY DE MEDIOS PERMITE PROPIEDAD CRUZADA DE MEDIOS
15 April 2003
Italy
"MONSTROUS" LAW ALLOWS MEDIA CROSS-OWNERSHIP
The International Federation of Journalists' (IFJ) regional body in Europe has raised concerns over what it calls a "monstrous and dangerous" new media law in Italy that will endanger pluralism and reinforce media concentration.
13 August 2002
Italy
BERLUSCONI BAJO PRESIÓN MIENTRAS SE CANCELAN PROGRAMAS DE TV QUE LO CRITICAN
13 August 2002
Italy
SUITE DE L?ANNULATION D?ÉMISSIONS DE TÉLÉVISION CRITIQUES DE SON GOUVERNEMENT
13 August 2002
Italy
BERLUSCONI UNDER PRESSURE AS CRITICAL TV SHOWS CANCELLED
Italian prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi is facing mounting pressure from international free-expression groups over his attempts to influence the public broadcaster RAI following news that two television programs critical of Berlusconi will be cancelled.
5 March 2002
Italy
RSF Y FIP CONDENAN CONTROL DE BERLUSCONI SOBRE MEDIOS
5 March 2002
Italy
RSF ET LA FIJ DÉNONCENT L?EMPRISE DE BERLUSCONI SUR LES MÉDIAS
5 March 2002
Italy
RSF, IFJ DECRY BERLUSCONI'S GRIP ON MEDIA
Concerns about Italian prime minister Silvio Belusconi's potential conflict of interest over his extensive media holdings have flared up again, following the appointment of a new board of directors at Italy's public broadcaster RAI, according to INDEX on Censorship (INDEX), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Last week, the government appointed a new five-person board of governors for the public broadcaster RAI; INDEX says critics worry that a majority of board members have close ties to Berlusconi's ruling Forza Italia coalition, leaving the broadcaster vulnerable to government influence. RSF notes that Berlusconi already owns Italy's three biggest television channels (Rete 4, Canale 5, Italia 1) through Mediaset, as well as Italy's largest publisher (Mondadori) and largest advertising agency (Publitalia).
24 July 2001
Italy
VIOLENCIA SIN PRECEDENTES CONTRA LOS MEDIOS EN LA CUMBRE DEL G-8, DICE RSF
24 July 2001
Italy
VIOLENCE SANS PRÉCÉDENT CONTRE LES MÉDIAS LORS DU SOMMET DES PAYS DU G-8
24 July 2001
Italy
UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE AGAINST MEDIA AT G-8 SUMMIT, SAYS RSF
At the summit of G-8 leaders in Genoa on 21 and 22 July, at least sixteen journalists were seriously injured and a media centre was ransacked by police during a violent raid, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The organisation adds that some journalists were detained, threatened or had their material confiscated during the events.
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