March 25, 2019

25/3/2019: ITALY – CHARGE AGAINST A JOURNALIST

Vienna, 25 March 2019

The Italian minister for interior affairs, Matteo Salvini, should drop criminal defamation charges against freelance journalist Roberto Saviano that he filed in July 2018.

According to latest information from Italy, the case should be going to trial.

South East Europe Media Organisation is asking Italy to remove the Criminal defamation for journalists from the legal regulations.