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This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is made by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom in Leipzig (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union Threats, acts of intimidation, attacks: the most serious cases THE SPECIAL – Klaus Davi. “Calabria? It’s a goldmine, but I’m the only one
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
For a video survey published on Corriere.it, the reporter Antonio Crispino was sued in 2015 by a company supplying school meals On 12 September 2017, the Judge for the preliminary investigations of the Court of Benevento, Loredana Camerlengo, after two years, closed a lawsuit for libel – returning the acts to the public prosecutor –
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
They wrote it in the ruling of the Black Monkey trial, which led to the sentencing of those who had threatened with death the reporter, who suffered “extreme” damages Giovanni Tizian “has had to lock down his own existence, compromise his own freedom of movement with the limitation of his professional activity, as well as
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Antonella Napoli and Tea Sisto expressed their support for the integration of migrants. Solidarity from politicians and journalists On September 1, 2017, journalist Tea Sisto, retired editor-in-chief of Il Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia, was heavily insulted on Facebook for publishing, on the pages of a colleague and of the news outlet of Brindisi Oggi, two
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Damaged by unknowns the home with insulting writings. It is the third episode of the same kind since April. The chief editor: “I believe it is an act of vengeance” In the night between Saturday 2 and Sunday, September 3, 2017, forcing a door in the back of the building, someone broke into the headquarters
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
He had written in favour of protests organized against the C-Star, a ship used by a far-right group to disturb migrants’ sea rescues by NGOs “Are you convinced that we will not be able to reach you? I am the one who will bust your guts”: so an anonymous, with a strong accent from Catania,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This article by Claire Callahan, Amanda Ghiloni, and Cami Santa Anna was published first in the "WPWire"
Abdulhamit Bilici was the editor-in-chief of "Zaman", the largest newspaper in Turkey, before it was taken over by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Fired and receiving threats of imprisonment, he fled to Northern Virginia, USA. “I was supposed to report about his campaign when he was running for office as mayor of Istanbul,” Bilici said. “These were the early days of my career in journalism.”
Abdulhamit Bilici at his newspaper before it was closed down (picture: thewpwire.org)
'Zaman' was created in 1986, before Erdoğan was a high-profile politician. "Our…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jessica Jacques
BBC Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg has been allocated a bodyguard by the Corporation while she is reporting from the 2017 Labour Conference in Brighton, UK, because of threats from online trolls. They threaten her with gender-based violence and accuse her of “unfair coverage“ of the party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The Times has published a photo of Kuenssberg, the BBC’s first female political editor, with a man who is a former soldier and now works as a security consultant for the BBC.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg
Last year in the run up to the Brexit referendum, 41…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Turkey Programme Officer Georgia Nash of London-based human rights campaign Article 19 has been present at a lot of trials against journalists in Turkey. In an interview with the ECPMF she talks about the lack of justice, sleepy soldiers and strong defendants.
Silivri prison outside Istanbul (photo: CeeGee, SilivriPrison02, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Georgia Nash, you have been an observer at several of Turkey’s trials, the Altans and the Zaman newspaper trial where journalists are accused of supporting terrorism. Why does your organisaton feel that these trials require international scrutiny?
The most high-profile mass trials of journalists in relation to last years’ failed coup include the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
An appeal by Ms. Aynur Gambarova, an Azerbaijani journalist who was banned nearly two years ago from travelling abroad, has been refused by the authorities in Azerbaijan despite her severe health concerns.
Azerbaijan’s human rights record is shameful
Ms. Gambarova, known as Aynur Elgunesh by pen name, was travelling to Ukraine in 2015 when she learned she was being investigated. "I was stopped at the airport before my flight, and was told that I am banned from leaving the country", she recently told ECPMF.
She then contacted the office of the general prosecutor to find out the reason behind the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
