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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8749

16 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 66
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/media
Draft reform on deformation in Italy

Brussels, 15.07.2004 (Agence Europe) - The Reporters Without Borders organisation is urging the Italian parliament to approve reform on defamation in the press. Adopted by the lower house's judicial commission on 1 July 2004, the proposed amendment is to abolish prison sentences for libel in the press. These sentences, Reporters Without Borders states in a press release, were “contrary to the recommendations of the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and the Organisation for...

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