Tag Italy
18 Feb

Italy: Call for full transparency after Fanpage editor-in-chief surveilled with spyware

Fanpage’s editor-in-chief, Francesco Cancellato, was targeted with Graphite spyware, raising concerns over journalist surveillance in the EU. ECPMF and MFRR demand urgent investigations.

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16 Oct

Honouring the unworthy: The Atlantic Council’s dangerous missteps in rewarding free speech oppressors

We are appalled by the decisions of the Atlantic Council to award Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards.

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1 Oct

Italy: Salvini’s video reignites debate over RAI independence

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) backs concerns expressed over the editorial independence of Italian public broadcaster RAI.

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2 Aug

Italy: MFRR calls for constructive dialogue on media freedom recommendations

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners stand in solidarity with journalists in Italy and call for an immediate end to all forms of attacks against them. We encourage all key stakeholders, including institutional ones, to join forces in enhancing the protection of journalists and media professionals. 

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29 Jul

Report Launch – Silencing the Fourth Estate: Italy’s Democratic Drift

Following an international advocacy mission to Rome in May 2024, the MFRR partners today publish a report on the state of press freedom in Italy.

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21 May

Italy: Media freedom coalition sounds the alarm on political meddling and legal threats to journalism

Amid the forthcoming EU elections, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) was prompted to organise an urgent advocacy mission to Italy on May 16-17 to address some recent developments related to press and media freedom.

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8 May

MFRR to conduct a mission to Italy amid worsening state of media freedom in the country

The deteriorating state of press freedom in Italy has prompted the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium to organise an urgent mission to Rome on May 16 and 17.

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23 Apr

Petition against attacks on Domani newspaper and for media freedom in Italy

Three reporters at Italian newspaper Domani are facing up to 9 years in prison for doing their job.

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7 Mar

Italy: MFRR partners strongly condemn investigation into Domani journalists

The undersigned media freedom and civil society organisations strongly condemn the investigation of three Domani journalists for allegedly receiving confidential documents from a public official and for alleged breaching of secrets through the publication of information contained in those documents.

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15 Nov

Italy: MFRR partners condemn summons of RAI presenter Sigfrido Ranucci

As the Turkish Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of the "disinformation offence”, the MFRR partner organisations reiterate their call for the annulment of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code.

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