An Ossigeno course on libel. 10th May in Rome
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Rome: Police protection for the journalist Antonella Napoli
The protection follows the decision of the Prefecture after the threats from the “Muslim Brothers of the South” group, which warned the reporter not to return to Sudan. From March 27th 2019 a police patrol will pass three times a day in front of the Roman residence of the freelance journalist Antonella Napoli to make […]
Facebook: Abuse directed at the former traffic warden of Brescello who was hunted out
Donato Ungaro was also a journalist who was unfairly dismissed. He sued those who wanted to smear him, won his case and he will be financially compensated. The journalist Donato Ungaro, a former traffic warden in the Municipality of Brescello (Reggio Emilia) told Ossigeno per l’Informazione that he had formally complained of serious libel against […]
Potenza: A journalist’s car is damaged and insults directed at her
Maria Fedota is the chief editor of Cronache Lucane. The newspaper had been subjected to criticism on social media and during the rallies for the regional elections of March 24th 2019. In Potenza, in the night between the 9th and the 10th March 2019, unknown persons damaged the car of journalist Maria Fedota, chief editor […]
At the Rocchelli trial, the defence witnesses were absent
They fear retaliation or being arrested at the end of the hearing, even if the Court has ruled it out. Some of the witnesses are still soldiers engaged in war zones. This report by Giacomo Bertoni was produced by Ossigeno per l’informazione in collaboration with La Provincia Pavese, National Union of Italian Journalists and the […]
At the Varese Stadium a banner against Berizzi
The banner was displayed outside the football stadium and signed by far-right groups. Berizzi reported it on Twitter. The parliamentarian Fiano was also insulted. Yet again far-right groups have directed a threat at Paolo Berizzi, the journalist of La Repubblica who lives with police protection (read here). Fifteen days after the threatening sign was hung […]
The latest BAD NEWS from Italy by Ossigeno
15 more fact-checked threats – Marilù is a reporter at high risk, RWB says – In Belgium a new NGO follows on the footsteps of Ossigeno – More legal help for those sued = Legal help: An Oxygen bonus for those sued = In Belgium, Xpress follows in the footsteps of Ossigeno = Ossigeno has […]
Ossigeno has identified another 15 threats
Between February 21st and March 15th 2019 in Calabria, Lombardy, Veneto, Sicily. Read below the names of the reporters targeted and the details of each episode. “Oxygen for Information” maintains that the episodes described below represent unjustifiable violations of freedom of expression and of the press. These 15 journalists and media operators directly affected were […]
Milan. Further threats against Paolo Berizzi
“Okkio al Kranio” (look out for your skull) was written on a sign signed by the Militia group. The journalist of La Repubblica has been under police guard since February 2019. On the 7th March 2019, in Milan, a poster containing threats against the journalist of La Repubblica, Paolo Berizzi, was put up on the […]
Stones thrown against the team from “Striscia la Notizia ” filming drug dealing
In Zingonia, in the province of Bergamo, the correspondent Vittorio Brumotti was documenting the degrading scene. The police intervened. On March 3rd 2019, some people threw stones and other objects at the Striscia la Notizia correspondent, Vittorio Brumotti, and his team. It happened in the Municipality of Ciserano, in the province of Bergamo, in the […]