Tag Archive for: criminal libel

Italy. Defamation. Ossigeno’s legal defence to a journalist sued by a former councillor

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12 June 2024 - Andrea Sebastianelli challenges  his conviction for defamation by criminal decree - He will go to trial in January 2025 to assert his reasons

Ossigeno Legal Aid to blogger sued by the local police chief

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At trial even if she immediately clarified that she was not referring to the plaintiff and has apologized

Italy. A story of criminal libel. Ossigeno helps the reporter charged

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Francesco Pesante tells his judiciary calvary in this text written for Ossigeno Legal Desk

Nothing happens if a politician denunces committing slander?

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In Italy Ossigeno and Media Defence assist reporter acquitted of defamation charges because that charges was proved fake

“The SLAPPs lawsuits cost me too much even if I am insured”

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The experience of Giorgio Santoriello, Italian blogger and environmentalist 60,000 euro spent on lawyers. Ossigeno and MD are granting him part of legal costs

Italy 2022. Threats double, fewer journalists report him to the authorities

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564 cases compared to 288 in the same period of 2021 - The share of SLAPPs with respect to acts of violence has increased

Freedom of the press. Italy and the Unesco research on the misuse of judicial system

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The dossier of the UN agency shows that the worrying trends already observed by the Italian Ossigeno watchdog are emerging at an international level

Too many SLAPPs. Ossigeno shares the alarm raised by the Calabrian media

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This interview was published on March 2, 2022 by Corriere della Calabria, one of the newspapers that on February 25, 2022 signed the collective appeal "Alarm for the free media"

Italy. The “minefield” in which journalists work is illuminated by a small episode

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The dismissal of a lawsuit for libel against a reporter sued by the Mayor shows the tide of intimidatory lawsuits not mentioned by the official statistics

L’Aquila. Former councilor sue journalist and mayor, General Prosecutor dismisses case

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The plaintiff claimed that a post by the Municipality and an article of “Il Messaggero” to be slanderous and defamatory. The judge ruled the accusations “unfounded”