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Vatileaks 2. Saturday, march 12, after three months, the trial resumes in the Vatican

The hearing will be behind closed doors. On 14 and 15 March the interrogation of the accused, including the journalists, Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi will follow By Nina Fabrizio (ANSA) – Vatican City, March 7, 2016 It will resume next Saturday in the Vatican after three months, the trial Vatileaks 2, the judgment on the abduction

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Carbonia. Threatening messages to a reporter of “Unione Sarda”

They have apparently been sent by a trade unionist to Andrea Scano who reported the concerns of environmentalists for the opening of a coal plant. Solidarity from Order of Journalists and Assostampa Andrea Scano, a journalist of L’Unione Sarda, on 24 February 2016 received on his personal number three messages with defamatory and threatening content,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Contributions not paid. “Libero” files complaint, inps announces lawsuit

The pension fund considers defamatory some articles by the journalist Giacomo Amadori on missed payments by ENEL for early lay offs On February 17, 2016, the INPS (National Institute for Social Security) announced that it will sue Libero newspaper for some articles by the journalist Giacomo Amadori, published between late December 2015 and mid-February 2016.

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Messina. Video operators assaulted, insulted and threatened

It happened on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Town Hall square. Giuseppe Bevacqua and Alessandro Silipigni were filming a service for Tirreno Sat Two cameramen of a local TV channel Tirreno Sat, Giuseppe Bevacqua and Alessandro Silipigni, were assaulted, insulted and threatened by a young man, while preparing to shoot a report on the

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Spurious lawsuits. If libel were not just a gentle breeze…

Some thoughts on the GIP’s request to go to trial for such a crime the mayor of Verona, author of a lawsuit against Report of RAI The request by the judge for the preliminary investigation to bring trial for the crime of slander and libel, the mayor of Verona, Flavio Tosi, over allegations he himself

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Call for Part-Time Communication Officer

European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking a motivated part-time communication officer. This person will be hired on a part-time, freelance basis (42 hours/month), starting March 2016 and paid a monthly gross salary of 450 Euros. Preferable place of work will be Berlin.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for Part-Time Communication Officer

European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking a motivated part-time communication officer. This person will be hired on a part-time, freelance basis (42 hours/month), starting March 2016 and paid a monthly gross salary of 450 Euros. Preferable place of work will be Berlin.

Source: European Youth Press

UK: Double murderer is allowed to stay anonymous

Katrin Welker On 27 January 2016, the Supreme Court granted a released double murderer's request to stay anonymous ([2014] EWCA Civ 1009). The murderer was suffering from severe mental illness for a long time, was convicted of murdering two persons in 1998 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 11 years. It was a particularly savage killing which had caused untold suffering to the victims and has continued to cause great grief to their families. In August 2000, the plaintiff had been transferred to a high security psychiatric hospital, following an instruction of the Secretary of State. In…

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

Ireland: Police ombudsman accessed journalists’ phone records

Ronan Fahy On 14 January 2016, The Irish Times published an article, reporting that the Irish police ombudsman (the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission - Gsoc) had accessed the mobile phone records of two journalists. Gsoc is an independent commission which handles complaints against the Irish police force. The Irish Times reported that Gsoc had been investigating leaks to the media by police officers, and informed three officers that a study of journalists’ phone records “had established they had been in contact with the reporters.” Under the Garda Síochána Act of 2005, it is an offence for police officers to disclose certain…

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

DE: Higher Regional Court on the coverage of press reports in a municipal newsletter

Cristina Bachmeier On 27 January 2016, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht – OLG) of Stuttgart decided that a municipal newsletter can violate the constitutional rule of political freedom of the press. In the proceedings between a newspaper publisher and a local authority, the Court had to decide on the scope of the permissible reporting in a newsletter of the municipality. In the present case, the Court held that the municipal newsletter in question violates the principle of political freedom of the press. Art. 5 of the German Constitution provides political freedom of the press, while Art. 20 of the Municipal Code…

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