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Italy. Football club demands €50,000 damages within 3 days from a journalist
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28 nov 2024 - To be paid within 3 days for he reported that there had been a stormy phone call between the president of the soccer company and the coach of the team

Italy: Blogger sued for criticism of the designers of a flooded neighbourhood
27 nov 2024 - Why the Legal Desk of Ossigeno and Media Defence support the legal defence of environmental activist Linda Maggiori

Rome. Who can stop the great impunity for the intimidation of journalists
New strategy to fight also misuse of criminal defamation complaints. Conference and training course for journalists

Italy. “My calvary as journalist with precarious job and 40 defamation lawsuits”
“It costs me a lot to continue” – Ossigeno and Media Defence's legal helpdesk granted him a cash gratuity

Italian reporter: “I earn a few euro per article and must pay legal fees for SLAPPs
Giuseppe Spallino, talks about his experience as a precarious freelance journalist sued for an article. Ossigeno and Media Defence are giving him their help

Italy 2022. Threats double, fewer journalists report him to the authorities
564 cases compared to 288 in the same period of 2021 - The share of SLAPPs with respect to acts of violence has increased

Prime Minister Meloni does not withdraw her defamation lawsuits
In other countries government leaders do it - In Italy there are no rules, the needed updating is ever postponed

In 7 years over 60 reporters defended for free by Ossigeno, says the lawyer Di Pietro
The coordinator of Ossigeno’s legal department takes stock and mentions some cases. Support in the trials with the help of Media Defence, an English NGO

Gagging lawsuits. EU awakens member states with a Directive
New rules are dedicated to Daphne Caruana Galizia - Commissioner Jourová recommends the use of the civil code to regulate defamation

A threatened women journalist withdraws complaint and raises an alarm
“Insults and threats arrive for every inconvenient piece of news. Providing local information is increasingly difficult”, says Sonia Meloni, director of "Cronache Nuoresi"