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Ossona (milan). Blogger assaulted by former president pro loco

Ilaria Preti denounced the aggression and telephone threats she has been receiving for three weeks, since she had published an article on cronacaossona.it Already on 11 December 2015, the blogger Ilaria Preti had been the victim of insults and threatening phone calls by Lanfranco Garavaglia, former president of pro loco (local services agency) “Morus Nigra”

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Taranto. “You are biased”. Journalist expelled from Democratic Party press conference

Luigi Abbate called the police and announces formal complaint. Order of Journalists of Puglia and Trade Union express solidarity The journalist Luigi Abbate on Saturday, January 16, 2016, in Taranto, was turned away from a press conference of the Democratic Party in the province in which he theme was on the Stability Law and the

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Protests for seizure of footage by Piazzapulita from broadcaster La7

Bypassed professional secrecy. Canceled the precautions to protect the identity of police officer that denounces not adequate anti-terrorism equipment To discover the identity of the police officer who, on November 26, 2015, under guarantee of anonymity, complained in a television show of the serious inadequacy of weapons and protection systems for anti-terrorism operations provided to

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Rome. Azerbaijan Embassy publishes black list of italian journalists

There are ten. They can not set foot in Azerbaijan as persona non grata. Those singled out are those going to the Nagorno Karabakh or defends its autonomy Simone Benazzo, Stefano Bizzarri, Milena Gabanelli, Francesco Manca, Anna Mazzone, Roberto Quagli, Lapo Quagli, Giovanni Raia, Roberto Travan and Simone Zoppellaro are the ten Italian journalists entered

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Web. Puglia. Matteo Salvini arrives, activists insult a journalist

The victim was Roberta Lanzolla because she aired the opinion of those who criticized the visit of the leader of the Northern League in Santeramo in Colle (Bari). Solidarity from Order of Journalists On 9 January 2016, Giovanni Riviello, provincial coordinator of the Movement “Noi con Salvini” insulted on Facebook the journalist Roberta Lanzolla who,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Serbia: journalists on the streets

Journalists protest all over Serbia. The Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić, says it as an attempt to destabilize the government, and calls for early elections

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Bulgarian beaten up - ECPMF calls for inquiry

By Jane Whyatt. Research by Vesselin Dmitrov Nursing his injuries in hospital after being beaten with baseball bats by two men, local government reporter Stoyan Tonchev has posted defiant messages on Facebook. Photos taken in hospital of his battered face accompany the posts. He says he will post a photo every day until the perpeterators are caught. The post says: All Bulgaria knows why I look this way....it’s an inferno Stoyan Tonchev via Facebook Tonchev is the editor of a local news website in Pomorie, on the coast of Bulgaria, also works as a PR for a local hospital and actually ran to become a…

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

Lega Nord funds. Investigations on author of journalistic inquiry

Order to deliver documents to Marco Lillo of the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, which published phone taps placed by the DIA of Reggio Calabria The Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (DIA) of Reggio Calabria has opened an investigation into the journalist Marco Lillo, police reporter of the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, accusing him of having published secret

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UK - It’s official: ’journalism is not terrorism’

by Jane Whyatt Britain's Court of Appeal has ruled that the UK's Terrorism Act is not compatible with human rights, and more protection is needed for journalists and their confidential sources and materials. David Miranda, Picture by The Intercept But the court ruled the authorities were justified in detaining reporter David Miranda at Heathrow airport and seizing his laptop and files. It happened in 2013 when Miranda was working with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to publish secrets from Britain’s GCHQ and the US National Security Agency, leaked by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Interviewed by ECPMF in 2015 as he launched a wordwide…

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

Sperlonga. Ten complaints from mayor to two journalists

The case of Federico Domenichelli and Graziella Di Mambro from the daily Latina Editoriale Oggi for articles on unauthorized building sites Intrigued by a bill, posted on the municipal register of the City of Sperlonga (in the province of Latina), for the payment of ten thousand euro to a legal representative charged with the presentation

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