In 2004, the internet site Carmilla Online collected signatures in support of the ex-terrorist member of PAC (Armed Proletarians for Communism), Cesare Battisti, who had become a writer and was then hiding in France and Brazil. They collected more than 1,500 signatures from the political-cultural arenas of France and Italy. Roberto Saviano's signature also appeared on the document, but in January 2009, he retracted his signature out of respect for the victims. This petition attracted media attention thanks to the interest of the weekly magazine "Panorama".