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The Forum of Mediterranean Women Journalists joins the “Day of mobilization against imprisonment for journalists and reckless lawsuits” organized for Nov. 24 by the National Federation of the Italian Press.On Thursday 24 the Forum of Women Journalists will stop in Lecce, so it will not be possible for us to be physically in Rome for the sit-in near Palazzo Madama. But ideally we will all be there, together with our colleagues threatened by crime.
The women journalists of the Forum and the Giulia Association support the initiative of FNSI, which demands the approval of a rule that would curb reckless and intimidatory lawsuits and remove from the Italian legal system the aberrant principle of being able to punish reporters’ crimes of opinion with jail time.
We therefore enthusiastically support this day of mobilization and call on our profession and all citizens to wholeheartedly defend the right to report news exercised in the public interest.
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