May 27, 2013

27/5/2013: ITALY – PRISON FOR JOURNALITS

Vienna, 27 May 2013

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns prison sentences handed down to journalists in Italy for libel. To send a journalist to jail for what she or he is writing is not acceptable – libel for journalists should be removed from the legal regulations in Italy.

Journalists Andrea Marcenaro, Giorgio Mulé and Riccardo Arena were sentenced to prison by a court in Milan on defamation charges after they published an report in the weekly Panorama in 2010 about Palermo adiministration.