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Rafafele Ciriello

Rafafele Ciriello

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WHO WAS

Although a graduate in medicine, Ascanio Raffaelle Ciriello devoted himself to his great passion: photography. He started being a photographer in the early nineties, working for the Motociclismo magazine. Then, a rapid career progression led him to be a freelance war photojournalist in Somalia and in various other parts of the world, also as a collaborator of Corriere della Sera. At just 42, whilst documenting a roundup by the Israeli army in Ramallah, he was killed.

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

READ HIS STORY

  • The story of Raffaele Ciriello
    taken from the collection edited by Monica Andolfatto for the book Memorial Day of journalists killed by mafia and terrorism, Rome, 2008

THE SEARCH FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE

(Update by Grazia Pia Attolini – 3 May 2020)

  • 2010 – The Court of Milan, after a long legal  battle conducted by his widow,  accorded  the status of “victim of international terrorism” to the photojournalist, with the consequent legal benefits in favour of the widow and his daughter 18 years  old at the time of death of her father.

RECOGNITION

  • Raffaele Ciriello’s name is included in the memorial in Bayeux (Normandy) dedicated to the reporters who died in the course of their work, created on the initiative of the Municipality and Reporters sans Frontieres.
  • His name is also listed in the Journalist Memorial of the Newseum in Washington which contains the faces and names of journalists killed whilst working.
  • Several streets throughout Basilicata are named after Raffaele Ciriello, in particular the main street of Ginestra – his hometown – and a park on the road between Barile and Ginestra.
  • The name of Raffaele Ciriello 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.

BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

  • UNCI,Giornata della memoria dei giornalisti uccisi da mafie e terrorismo, Roma, 2008.
  • Daniele Biacchessi, Passione Reporter, 2009.

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