Italian Journalists Under Police Protection as Threats Rise, France 24 Reports

Italian journalists are under police protection as threats rise across the country, according to a France 24 report broadcast this week. The channel's team described journalism there as a profession particularly exposed to threats and intimidation, and said the European Union's measures to protect press freedom have been slow to implement.

The report, a video dispatch, does not give a figure for the number of reporters under protection, name the individuals concerned, or specify where the threats originate. It presents the Italian case instead as an illustration of a wider gap between European commitments and national practice.