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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian government accused over axing of Roberto Saviano TV show

Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano said freedom of expression was deeply compromised in Italy. Photograph: Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse/Shutterstock

Italy’s far-right government has been accused of leaning on the state broadcaster to axe an anti-mafia television programme by the journalist Roberto Saviano after he criticised the country’s leaders.

Four episodes of Saviano’s programme, Insider, Face to Face With Crime, had already been recorded and were scheduled for broadcast in November by Rai, the Italian state broadcaster.

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