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Covid-19Verbal attack or intimidation by public (non online)Verbal, online or physical attack

Italian journalists reporting on “No-mask” protest threatened and insulted

10.10.2020

Date:
10.10.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Italy
Alert types:
Verbal, online or physical attack: Verbal attack or intimidation by public (non online)

Saverio Tommasi, an Italian journalist at news website Fanpage.it, was insulted and threatened by anti-face mask protesters as he was reporting from a demonstration in Rome.

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