[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 25 September 2020, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) wrote to the EU countries’ Ministries of Foreign Affairs to express our deep concern about a letter sent by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Hungarian embassies in EU member states,

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is supporting journalists from the investigative news outlet Necenzurirano who have been targeted by multiple legal threats due to their reporting. ECPM

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Eleven international rights groups conclude press freedom mission to Turkey Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media, the lack of independence of regulatory institutions, and a new social media law designed to clam

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By ECPMF staff Three years ago on 16 October 2017, a car bomb killed the Maltese investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia. Those responsible have still not been brought to justice. With the media freedom community, we demand an end to the triple im

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]On 16 October 2017, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta. Three years later we, the undersigned 19 international free expression, anti-corruption, civic participation, and journalists’ organisations, once again demand an end to im

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Photo Credit: Aziz Karimov Azerbaijani investigative reporter pledges 10,000 euros to fund independent journalism for Nagorno Karabakh. Second prize winner Benjamin Best talked to ECPMF about the risks facing undercover reporters. By Jane Whyatt Invest

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Coordinated by The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, whistleblowing, human rights and transparency organisations, and international jurists welcome the decision of the Supreme Court of Croatia to revoke the first-instance court decision, wh

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Arrested for reporting torture The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response ( MFRR ), is highly concerned by the arrest of four journalists during a raid on the offices of the pro-Kurdish news agency

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the ruling by a Belarusian court to include the popular Telegram channel NEXTA in the list of “extremist” materials under Article 17.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences. The decision effectively

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Simon Byrne Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Iain Livingstone CC: Naomi Long MLA, Northern Ireland Minister of Justice CC: Humza Yousaf, Scottish Minister of Justice 26 October 2020 Dear Chie