Chora Media said: “The independent voice of Cecilia has been silenced. Italy and Europe cannot tolerate this arbitrary arrest. Cecilia Sala must be immediately released.”

Il Foglio said: “Journalism is not a crime. We decided to share Cecilia’s story after receiving assurances from the heads of our diplomacy that informing our readers about her arrest would not slow down the diplomatic efforts to bring her home.”

Sala has an impressive background, covering international topics such as the fall of Kabul and the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the wars in the middle east and Ukraine. She has almost 500k followers on Instagram and is a regular on Italian news shows.

Elly Schlein, Italy's Democratic party leader, stated, “We immediately call on the government to take every useful initiative to shed light on this matter, to clarify the reasons for this detention and, above all, to bring Cecilia Sala back to Italy as soon as possible."