SafeJournalists and MFRR: Physical confrontation with journalist in Serbia is unacceptable and must be sanctioned
We strongly condemn the behaviour of the local authorities in Indjija, who forcibly removed the journalist Verica Marincic from a municipality…
International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Demand Release of Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu in Upcoming Trial
As the next hearing of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu approaches on February 29, 2024, we call for immediate attention to her case and her unjust…
ECPMF welcomes European Parliament adoption of the Anti-SLAPP Directive
Today, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom welcomes the Anti-SLAPP Directive – also known as Daphne’s Law – adopted today by the European…
2 years on, Ukrainian journalists still pay a heavy price for the war
February 24 marks two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which greatly endangered Ukrainian journalists.
Slovakia: Lack of justice for Kuciak and Kušnírová’s assassination exacerbated by growing attacks on press freedom
On the sixth anniversary of the brutal killing of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, we renew our call for…
Serbia: Court of Appeals acquits suspects of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder
The Media Freedom Rapid Response partners strongly denounce the Court’s decision and ultimately the lack of justice rendered for the murder of…
Kosovo: Government should withdraw highly problematic media law changes
We call on the Prime Minister of Kosovo to withdraw the Draft Law on the Independent Media Commission (IMC) from the Assembly of Kosovo and make the…
Mission Report: Stemming the Tide of Greek Media Freedom Decline
Today the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), together with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect…
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Media Freedom in Survival Mode
Today the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) launch their report from a recent international press freedom fact-finding…
MFRR highlights threats to media freedom in EU Commission’s Rule of Law report
Updates on some of the biggest developments and threats to media freedom and pluralism across European Union Member States throughout 2023 were…
Greece: Ahead of court hearing, SLAPP lawsuit against media and journalists must be dropped
The undersigned international freedom of expression and media freedom organisations today renew our condemnation of a groundless defamation lawsuit…
Poland: MFRR reasserts recommendations for democratic reform for press freedom and public media
The undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today renew their call for democratic and comprehensive reform to…