Berlusconi and Belarus’s dictator

March 30th, 2010

Italy’s continued investment in Belarus masks the freedom of expression abuses that plague the country’s media. Cecilia Anesi reports
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Italy: Berlusconi under investigation

March 16th, 2010

Silvio Berlusconi’s schemes to gag dissenting voices seem to have been revealed in a series of intercepted phone calls. But it may be too late to redress the balance, says Giulio D’Eramo
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Italy: Berlusconi immunity overturned

October 7th, 2009

Berlusconi: new attack on media

September 29th, 2009

Newspapers linked to Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi have launched an attack on state broadcaster RAI, telling readers not to pay their television licence fee. The call is part of a long-running assault on media critical of the governing party and Berlusconi’s business empire.
Download Index on Censorship’s report on political interference in Italian media here

Protests over Facebook immigrant game

August 24th, 2009

Following user protests, Facebook has decided to shut down gaming application “Bounce The Illegal Immigrant Back”. The game was posted by Renzo Bossi, the son of Umberto Bossi, party leader of the Northern League and part of Berlusconi’s fourth cabinet. The game sees players pushing back the “boats of hope” and kicking the immigrants back into the sea.  Last week there were reports of the deaths of several Africans whose ship ran out of fuel whilst migrating from Libya to Italy. Read more here

Berlusconi blocks photos of topless women in his Villa

June 1st, 2009

A new crime: seeking and sharing information

July 8th, 2008

Italians are protesting against proposed laws that could make investigative journalism almost impossible, writes Cecilia Anesi
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