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Croatia. Journalist reveal names of men who attacked him

In an exclusive interview for Fairpress UNCUT, journalist of newspaper Jutarnji list, Dušan Miljuš, revealed that the police as well as other investigative bodies had knowledge of the the identity of the two men who attacked him in hours after the attack. To recall, almost nine years ago (June 2, 2008) Miljuš was brutally attacked in front of the

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Palermo. Films blitz in gypsy camp. Threatened on facebook

The anonymous user first requested for the removal of the video. Solidarity from Order and UNCI Sicily. Ossigeno: obscure children’s faces The journalist Riccardo Campolo, collaborator of the online newspaper Palermotoday.it, has received death threats and insults on the chat on his Facebook profile. “You’re dead, you c**k s****r, you understand? I’ll kill you”, a

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Bologna. Sentenced to 26 years author of threats against Giovanni Tizian

The Court of Bologna has acknowledged the responsibility for the hypothesized violence against the journalist and the use of a mafia method He had talked in a telephone call from 2011, with a person who hypothesised of “shooting him in the mouth”, to prevent him from writing other articles, referring to the journalist of L’Espresso

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Rome. Smacks to the face of director of tv show Gazebo while filming taxi drivers

Pierfrancesco Citriniti was filming with the camera the demonstration when he was hit by a man. The video is on Repubblica TV On February 21, 2017 in Rome, during the protest of taxi drivers who protest against the government and Parliament for some decisions that would damage them (read more), Pierfrancesco Citriniti, producer and director

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Confidentiality denied to non professional, Odg protests

Concern for the prosecutor’s pressures on Augusto Mattioli in the trial for the disclosure of confidential material on Monte dei Paschi di Siena In an official note, the National Order of Journalists has expressed its concern for the pressures exercised on journalist Augusto Mattioli by the prosecutor during a hearing in the trial against the

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Blogger threatened with lawsuit removes article, then thinks twice

In Sardinia, Giulia Serra had reported a change in the price of milk. The Cooperative Lacesa in Birori (Nuoro province) contests the modality In Sardinia, a dairy cooperative has asked a blogger for the immediate deletion of an article that reported in a timely manner of a decision involving many shepherds of the Nuoro region:

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Arrest of German Die Welt correspondent in Turkey causes alarm and outrage

by Jane Whyatt and Ana Ribeiro Europe’s media freedom community is united in condemning the arrest of Deniz Yücel, Turkey correspondent for the German national daily Die Welt. His reporting related to a minister's hacked e-mails has led to charges of “spreading propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation and inciting the public to violence.” Yücel was born in Hessen, Germany, with Turkish heritage. He worked as an editor for the German taz newspaper before moving to Die Welt in 2015. He has dual German and Turkish citizenship, and has been based at the latter newspaper’s Istanbul bureau. ECPMF Chair Henrik Kaufholz says: The detention…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

Professional secret recognized to non-professionals. The motivation

The Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta states that between the two categories there are no qualitative differences. The Martorana – Trovato case Between a professional and a non-professional journalist “there are no qualitative differences, but only quantitative ones” and therefore the norm of the Code that textually recognizes professional secrecy only to professionals should be

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Bad News | Monday February 27

The defamation bill towards a dead end in Senate There is a political standoff between gravediggers and those who are try to find a fix by putting a stop to spurious lawsuits Call on the Osce to appoint soon a new Media’s Representative Dunja Mijatovic will leave next March 10, after after serving a one

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Where are the age restrictions on children’s use of Instagram?

The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley has just announced a new Internet Safety Strategy to crack down on risks to children such as cyber-bullying, sexting and online trolls. One way that tech companies claim to protect children is through setting age limits – usually 13 years old – for the use of their social […]

Source: Media Policy Project