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         He is Antonio Crispino of Corriere.it. The incident occurred on September 9, 2016 in front of a disposal facility for animal waste  The journalist Antonio Crispino, collaborator of Corriere.it, was assaulted by employees of a company that deals with the disposal of animal waste in Caivano, fraction of Pescarola, a small village in the province
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         The car of the crime reporter from the media Reporter Online, Dina Kleanthous, was set on fire on Monday night. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned the attack
      
     
                 	                            	                            	            
                                    	            
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         They are Claudio Cordova and Emanuele Giacoia of the Quotidiano della Calabria. Francesco Mollace had asked 100 thousand euro in damages for an article of 2012 On September 9, 2016 the judge of the Court of Cosenza acquitted of libel – because the crime does not exist – the journalist Claudio Cordova who, in 2012,
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         The case of the City of Amatrice, which has sued the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for the cartoons on the earthquake, deserves some thoughts on the rights of satire and its limits First, we need to clarify that Article 51 of the Criminal Code provides, among the causes of exclusion of a crime, that
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         A law professor and former collaborator of the Giornale di Sicilia and La Sicilia, is the author of several books on organized crime. Solidarity from FNSI, Assostampa and Articolo 21 In the night between 7 and 8 September 2016, the car of the writer Salvatore Mugno was set on fire by unknown assailants. The flames,
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         “Mafia and media. The reporters working a deadly beat. The mafia has changed, but Italian journalists covering organised crime still face threats – of death or lawsuits”. This is the headline of a report published on the english website of the international tv network Al Jazeera, based in Qatar. The author is Paolo Ganino.  He
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         The Chancellor say that the  anti-mafia Italian writer is ‘a shining example’ of the courage of journalists and authors Potsdam, September 16 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has presented Italian anti-mafia author and journalist Roberto Saviano with the M100 Media Award, calling him a “shining example” of the courage of journalists and writers. “You, Mr.
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF), with the support of the European Union  Dozens of journalists and bloggers have faced threats, intimidation, discrimination and other abuses even in August, that is during the month
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF), with the support of the European Union  Dozens of journalists and bloggers have faced threats, intimidation, discrimination and other abuses even in August, that is during the month
      
     
                 	                            	                                             	            
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         This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF), with the support of the European Union  In August 2016, Ossigeno per l’Informaaione verified 45 cases of probable threats, intimidation and abuse against journalists, bloggers and other media
      
     
                 	                            	                            	            
                                    	            
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english – Ossigeno Informazione