International groups criticise Italy for targetting NGOs Published at 26.11.2018 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference refugees and migrants CSO closure public vilification Read more
Journalists stage flash-mob protests following 5-Star Movement attacks Published at 17.12.2018 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference protest public vilification Read more
Two journalists attacked by far-right extremists in Rome Published at 28.03.2019 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Sea rescue operations faced with high penalties for saving peoples’ lives in Italy Published at 27.06.2019 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants restrictive law violent protest Read more
Controversial rail link between Italy and France sparks protests and Italian government crisis Published at 15.08.2019 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
New regulations for civil society as threats continue against Italy's journalists Published at 20.07.2016 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development access to info. law criminal defamation intimidation Read more
Threats against journalists on the rise Published at 14.09.2016 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation Read more
Fears of centralised power spark protest and clashes with police in Italy Published at 15.11.2016 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force religious groups protest Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Twenty Italian journalists under state protection due to threats Published at 05.09.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest extractive industries environmental rights intimidation Read more
Press freedom violations persist in Calabria Published at 01.11.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist non state actors private sector intimidation Read more
Creation of new centre hailed as a boost to press freedom Published at 13.12.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
'6000 Sardines against Salvini’- Italians pack squares for anti-far right protest Published at 20.12.2019 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Workers protest over health; prisoners riot over overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic Published at 21.04.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
Italians find ways to peacefully assemble despite COVID-19 pandemic Published at 26.05.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights harassment attack on journalist protest Read more
New law to protect against LGBTI discrimination Published at 06.08.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Migrant rights in the spotlight; protest calls for an end to COVID-19 measures Published at 29.09.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protest intimidation Read more
Journalists become targets of violence & intimidation during violent anti-COVID-19 lockdown protests Published at 30.11.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
School children and climate activists stage civil disobedience protests Published at 27.01.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest youth environmental rights Read more
HRDs targeted for work on migrants; women protest over medical abortion access Published at 23.03.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest public vilification bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling LGBTI women office raid HRD prosecuted Read more
Wiretapping of journalists raises red flag for press freedom Published at 12.05.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship surveillance Read more
