Brian Molko criticised Giorgia Meloni during a concert at the Sonic Park festival

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

    • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      You gotta understand them, it would be tedious to run a fascist racist government if you had to compose with such frivolous things as freedom of speech.

    • lemmyshmemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      421·
      1 year ago

      Pretty much. Shame in the Italian government for this:

      Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 (£858 to £4,290) anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.