[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] 23 March 2021 Twenty-four organisations express their solidarity with the Swedish business and finance publication, Realtid, its editor, and the two journalists being sued for defamation in London. Realtid are due before the High Court tomorrow for a t

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today strongly condemn the civil defamation lawsuit launched against the editor-in-chief of Poland’s biggest daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by the

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia CC: Officials members of the Working Group for the Security and Protection of Journalists: Dejan Stojanović, Ministry of Culture

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]by Nik Williams The COVID-19 pandemic transformed Europe, in the same month when the Media Freedom Rapid Response started its first year. It pushed the inaugural MFRR Summit online and its presence haunted many of

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Statement on the need for a Council of Europe Recommendation on combatting SLAPPs The undersigned groups, representing a range of different public watchdogs (including journalists, activists, NGOs, lawyers, trade unions, workers' representatives, schol

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] Tuesday 30th March 2021 Leading press freedom and journalists’ organisations, including ​Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners,​ strongly condemn the decision by the Court of Appeals to reject Jovo

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Coordinated by the Media Freedom Rapid Response, this submission to the ongoing public inquiry details Malta’s relevant international obligations to uphold freedom of expression, the threats Daphne Caruana Galizia faced during her lifetime which paved t

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="5747" img_size="large" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Supporting cross-border investigative journalism #UNCOVERED is the annual conference of the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) programme.

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] 8 April 2021 [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Download letter here (Croatia)" color="sky" i_icon_fontawesome="fa fa-file-pdf-o" add_icon="true" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecpmf.eu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] CASE is a coalition of civil society from across Europe representing a range of organisations acting in the public interest who are united in recognition of the threat posed to their work by Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), abu