Italy: Concern about prosecutor’s demand for prison sentence for three journalists in response to their factual reporting
The undersigned media freedom and journalist associations today express shared concern over an Italian prosecutor’s request for a six-month prison…
Netherlands: Press freedom groups concerned about video with hostile rhetoric by Dutch politician against reporter
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and its partners express today their concerns about hostile rhetoric used against independent journalists by…
Greece: SLAPP award winner Grigoris Dimitriadis urged to drop defamation lawsuits
The undersigned international media freedom and journalists organisations wrote to Grigoris Dimitriadis to express our shared concern about defamation…
Czech Republic: Media freedom groups urge MPs to pass media act amendment
The undersigned media freedom and journalists organisations and unions today urge the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic to vote to pass a…
Greece: Full scale of surveillance on journalists must be unearthed
The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today back calls for the testing of mobile devices belonging to journalists in…
Slovakia: Deputy PM’s attacks undermined government’s broader efforts to strengthen press freedom
The undersigned international media freedom and journalists organisations today express dismay over the recent attempts by deputy Slovak Prime…
International Press Freedom Groups Condemn Turkey Disinformation Bill Placed before Parliament
A group of international media freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organisations today called on Turkish Members of Parliament (MPs)MPs to…
Albania: Press freedom groups call for a fair trial in defamation lawsuit by former top prosecutor against Isa Myzyraj
A group of media freedom and freedom of expression organisations and journalist unions and associations are concerned by the defamation lawsuit filed…
Turkey: Solidarity with twenty journalists including TGS leadership blacklisted by police
The partner organisations of the MFRR express solidarity with the twenty journalists blacklisted by the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM)…
Serbia: Support for OK Radio as it faces intimidation by powerful businessperson
The partner organisations of the MFRR today express support and solidarity with embattled broadcaster OK Radio and urge Serbian law enforcement…
ECPMF to provide legal support to journalist Antonella Napoli
ECPMF’s Legal Affairs Committee has agreed to provide €10,000 in legal support to Antonella Napoli, a freelance Italian journalist, as she continues…
Turkey: International groups call to restore Evrensel’s right to receive public ads
18 press freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations call on the Turkish Press Advertising Agency (BİK) to withdraw its decision to…