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.
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) backs concerns expressed over the editorial independence of Italian public broadcaster RAI.
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.
Discover the alarming decline of media freedom in Italy, marked by political interference, legal harassment of journalists, and potential threats to news agencies. Read the latest findings from the MFRR mission.
On July 29, MFRR will host a webinar to mark the publication of the final report following the MFRR mission to Rome.
Amid the forthcoming EU elections, the MFRR was prompted to organise an urgent advocacy mission to Italy on May 16-17.
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.
In 2021, then opposition leader Giorgia Meloni sued Roberto Saviano for defamation. Last October, the Rome Criminal Court issued a sentence against the Italian writer. A ruling that alarmed Italian and European civil society. We had a conversation about it with Antonio Nobile, Saviano’s lawyer.
The undersigned media freedom and civil society organisations strongly condemn the investigation of three Domani journalists.
Italy’s media is in crisis, battling legal onslaughts and facing a surge of censorship one year after the establishment of the far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni.
The MFRR partners strongly condemn the summoning of Sigfrido Ranucci, a RAI presenter, by the Parliamentary Committee overseeing broadcasting.