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Enzo Baldoni

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WHO WAS

Born in Città di Castello (Perugia), 56 years old, a wife and two children, Baldoni worked for a long time in Milan. After doing various jobs, in 1996 he became a freelance journalist reporting about his experiences travelling around the world on Linus, Specchio della Stampa, the Friday magazine of La Repubblica. Baldoni arrived in Iraq for the first time, with accreditation from Diario, just two weeks before he was killed. He was kidnapped together with his driver Ghareen by the Islamic Army, a Muslim fundamentalist organization linked to Al Qaeda, while he was in a humanitarian convoy towards Najaf. At the end of an ultimatum to Italy for the withdrawal of all troops within 48 hours, Baldoni was killed. The date and the place are still uncertain and his body never returned to Italy. The assassins sent Al Jazeera a video of Baldoni’s execution but the chilling images never shown out of respect for the family.

(from Memorial Day of journalists killed by mafia and terrorism, Rome, 2008)

READ HIS STORY

  • The story of Enzo Baldoni
    taken from the collection edited by Monica Andolfatto for the book Day of Memory of Journalists killed by mafias and terrorism, Rome, 2008

THE SEARCH FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE

(Update by Alberta Del Bianco and Raffaella Della Morte – 3 May 2020)

2010 – At the end of long and complex searches, in April 2010, the remains of the journalist were identified and handed over to the Italian authorities. Already in 2005 an alleged bone fragment from Baldoni had arrived in Italy, but laboratory tests then excluded its compatibility with the journalist’s DNA.

In November 2010, after further DNA analyses which ascertained that the remains were the journalist, the funeral took place in Preci (Perugia).

RECOGNITION

  • The Province of Milan has established, in his memory, the “Enzo Baldoni Journalism Award” to recognize Italian war reporters who have distinguished themselves for their reporting in favour of peace and the affirmation of universal rights.
  • The municipalities of Avola (Syracuse), Licata (Agrigento), Ragusa, Montesilvano (Pescara), Nosate (Milan) have named streets after him.
  • A high school in Rome has been dedicated to Baldoni.
  • His name is listed in the Journalist Memorial of the Newseum in Washington which contains the faces and names of journalists killed while working.
  • The name of Enzo Baldoni is included on the plaque affixed to the entrance to the Casa del Jazz in Rome listing the innocent victims of mafias and on the memorial plaque of Ossigeno

 

Several songwriters have dedicated songs to him:

  • Inferno Baghdad (To Enzo Baldoni) by Andrea Papetti
  • Zolletta (Letter to Enzo G. Baldoni) by Alessio Lega
  • Occhiali rotti (Broken glasses) by Samuele Bersani
  • Take and leave by the Gangs

BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

  • Silvia Santini, Il prezzo della verità. Professione inviato di guerra,Argot Edizioni, 2017
  • Enrico Deaglio, Patria 1978-2010, Il Saggiatore, 2010
  • Giacomo De Girolamo,Dormono sulla collina 1969-2014, Il Saggiatore, 2014

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