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Italy's Interior Minister pursues criminal defamation suit against Roberto Saviano (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 31, 2019

Roberto Saviano faces up to 6 years in jail if convicted of criminally defaming the far right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini; Salvini has previously threatened to remove police protection from the mafia-threatened journalist.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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