Almost a month after Italian journalist Stefano Origone was brutally beaten by police in Genoa, investigations into the incident appear to be stalling, while information about it remains classified. Origone, a Genoa-based journalist with the daily La Repubblica, was covering an antifascist protest on May 23 when half a dozen policemen rushed toward him, pushed […]

The decision by the Italian government to cut public funds for news organizations as part of the country’s 2019 budget bill has received sustained criticism from journalist and press freedom groups in Italy, who argue that the move threatens the existence of numerous news organizations, in particular those operating at the local level, silencing important […]

In voting last month to repeal their country’s centuries-old blasphemy law, Danish lawmakers joined a growing trend in Europe toward securing free speech on matters related to religion. A comprehensive IPI study on criminal defamation and insult laws published in March by the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and […]

On April 8, 2017, the International Press Institute (IPI) hosted a workshop at the 2017 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy on how to avoid legal trouble for defamation. The workshop was led by IPI Director of Press Freedom Programmes Scott Griffen, together with Fulvio Sarzana, an Italian lawyer with particular expertise on media, fundamental rights and the […]