Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, accusing Premier Silvio Berlusconi of trying to silence critical voices.

To boo the King is protected by freedom of expression, according to judge Santiago Pedraz, who has said it was not a crime the boo against the head of Basque and Catalan state, something that was promoted during the King Cup final soccer game last May 13, in Valencia.

The Venezuelan president attacked again news channel Globovisión and made sure he is going to eliminate to this station.

The Civic Coalition and the UCR (two major opposition parties) qualified of “extortive” the project of law of Broadcasting proposed by the national Government.