[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Civil society coalition concerned about abusive legal action by former bishop against journalists and outlets in Romania The undersigned civil society organisations are concerned about the legal action taken by a former bishop of the Romanian Orthodox

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Launch of the 2021 Annual Report of the Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists Register here for the online press conference on Wednesday 28 April at 10 am CEST Tomorrow, 28 April 2021, to launch it

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] Poland: Purge of editors begins despite court ruling suspending purchase of Polska Press over media pluralism concerns The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today calls on Poland’s state-controlled oil

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Suppression of Russian Media On this World Press Freedom Day, we call on the Russian government to uphold its responsibility to protect and defend freedom of the press. In 1998, the Russian Federation signed the European Convention on Human Rights, whi

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Vice President Jourová European Commission Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels CC: Commissioner Reynders 04 May 2021 Re : Eni’s abuse of SLAPPs, the latest example of fossil fuel companies’ legal intimidation tactics Dear Vice-President Jourová

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] MFRR Report: Concerns about safety of journalists and media workers in Serbia predate Covid-19 outbreak Article 19 led report summarises findings of international press freedom mission While minimal progr

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="6108" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]In 2020 there were 69 violent attacks on journalists in Germany – and a deterioration of press freedom in Poland, Czech, Hungary and across Europe. How to proceed? The European Centre for

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] Media Freedom Rapid Response calls for an ambitious European Media Freedom Act The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) welcomes the idea of a European Media Freedom Act, advanced by European Commissioners

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] ARTICLE 19 and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) will present the findings of its recent online fact-finding mission to Serbia at a webinar on Tuesday, 11 th May at h. 12:00-13:30 CEST. The event wi

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) will hold an online mission to Slovenia at the end of May and beginning of June 2021 to assess growing concerns about the deteriorating climate for press and media