[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] 10 February 2021 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) urges the Second Basic Court in Belgrade to ensure access to justice in the case of Serbian journalist Milan Jovan

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] OPEN LETTER SENT BY EMAIL TO AND POST TO: Mr. Zelensky, President of Ukraine [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="5111" img_size="medium" alignment="right"][vc_column_text] 16 February 2021 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Dear President Zelensky,

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] From July to October 2020, attacks on media freedom in Europe took many forms, as the Media Freedom Rapid Response’s second monitoring report documents. Besides anti-lockdown demonstrat

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text]The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) joined partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing serious concern about the sharp decline in freedom of the press in the Europ

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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The Media Freedom Rapid Response coalition (MFRR) welcomes the verdict in the criminal case concerning the arson attack against Serbian journalist Milan Jovanovic, rendered on 23 February by the Second Ba

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) joined partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and other media freedom groups and associations in again urging the EU’s Competition Comm

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5365" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) announces the first MFRR Summit, taking place online between 17th and 20th March. Locked Down: Protecting Europe’s Free Press will feature keynote speeches by Irene

Das Verhältnis von Polizei und Journalist:innen ist angespannt. Medienschaffende beklagen ungerechtfertigte Behinderungen ihrer Arbeit, die zu Lasten der Pressefreiheit gingen. Zugleich kritisieren Polizist:innen, dass ihre Arbeit medial verzerrt dargestellt wird. Das ECPMF und Partnerhaben ein Codex entwickelt, um einen Dialog zu starten.

Democracies in Europe have been faced with numerous challenges over the past decade, including increasing political polarisation, closing democratic space, increased mass surveillance, popular disillusionment with representative politics and democratic institutions, and increasingly assertive authoritarian global players. There is widespread recognition of the fact that democracy is under pressure across the world.