Documents produced in court on Friday show prosecutors in Sicily secretly recorded two conversations between the journalist, Lorenzo Tondo, and one of his sources, in apparent violation of his professional rights. But within hours three close friends had told the Guardian the detainee was the victim of mistaken identity. The court documents released on Friday include transcripts of two conversations between Tondo and Hayle Fishaye Tesfay, an Eritrean who has lived in Palermo for more than 20 years. The public prosecutors’ office in Palermo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Tondo said the transcripts were “a clear violation of my rights as a professional journalist”.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2017 06:00 UTC