Roberto Saviano is under death threats for denouncing the criminal deeds of the Camorra in his book Gomorra, translated and read all over the world. His freedom is under threat as well as his autonomy as a writer, his chances to meet his family, to enjoy a social life, to have part in the public life, to travel in his own country.
A young writer, guilty to have investigated the organized crime revealing its methods and its structure is forced to live an hidden, underground life, while the Camorra bosses send him death threats from their jails ordering him to stop writing for La Repubblica, his newspaper, and to keep silent. The State must do every effort to protect Saviano and to defeat the Camorra. But this is not a mere police case. It’s a problem of democracy. Saviano’s safe freedom concerns everyone of us as citizens.
Signing this appeal we intend to take charge of it, as a personal commitment, urging the State at the same time to take on its responsibility, because it’s intolerable that something like this could happen in Europe in 2008.
SIGN HERE:
http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2008/appelli/saviano/index.html
Ciao Luca. My review of Gomorrah (the book) will be up on http://www.threemonkeysonline.com shortly. Keep up the good work.
Great news Bill. Looking forward to reading it!
Saviano: “Ogni voce che resiste
mi rende meno solo”
in La Repubblica today Saviano thanks who supported him:
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/cronaca/camorra-4/saviano-ringrazia/saviano-ringrazia.html
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/reviews/gomorrah_roberto_saviano.html
great article Bill, good job!
For Italian readers/speakers:
http://www.nazioneindiana.com/2008/10/27/non-siamo-tutti-saviano/