Italy's newspaper journalists strike against law restricting investigative reporting
Die italienischen Zeitungsjournalisten haben am Donnerstag die Arbeit niedergelegt. Damit werden am Freitag keine Tageszeitungen erscheinen. Online-Journalisten sowie Nachrichtenagenturen, TV- und Radiostationen wollen ebenfalls am Freitag die Arbeit niederlegen.
The journalists are protesting against the law introduced by the government under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to restrict the powers of the judiciary to wiretap and investigative reporting. The Italian journalists' association FNSI called for the protest. With the controversial law, Berlusconi not only wants to restrict wiretapping in investigations, but also impose drastic penalties on the media and journalists.
journalists who publish investigation files or recorded conversations, protested FNSI. Numerous Italian media see this as a muzzle for their reporting.
With his comfortable majority in parliament, the conservative head of government and media czar had already pushed the law through the Senate weeks ago. It was passed on to the Chamber of Deputies. According to Berlusconi, there are far too many eavesdropping attacks and privacy must be much better protected.
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journalists who publish investigation files or recorded conversations, protested FNSI. Numerous Italian media see this as a muzzle for their reporting.
With his comfortable majority in parliament, the conservative head of government and media czar had already pushed the law through the Senate weeks ago. It was passed on to the Chamber of Deputies. According to Berlusconi, there are far too many eavesdropping attacks and privacy must be much better protected.
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