[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan to inform her thematic report on gender justice Across Europe, online and offline verbal abuse, threats and harassme

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] 18 press freedom groups, including ECPMF signed open letters to Justice Ministry & political parties to request thorough investigations, sent by the International Press Institute , to urge Turkish authorities to investigate serious new allegations rega

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium" alignment="right"][vc_column_text] updated June 22, 2021 On June 15 the Slovak Supreme Court ruled on the appeal brought by prosecutors against last summer’s not guilty verdict in the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and h

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] In June 2021, Business & Human Rights Ressource Centre launched a report analysing the use of SLAPPs globally: “SLAPPed but not silenced: Defending human rights in the face of legal risks” . The full briefing is available in English and Spanish and the

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] His Excellency Mr. Charles Michel President of the European Council Her Excellency Ms. Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission 23.06.2021 Your Excellencies, In advance of the forthcoming European Council Summit Meeting of 24 – 25 June

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] A year after the Constitutional Court ruled on the unconstitutionality of prison sentences in cases of defamation through the press, on 22 June 2021 the Court issued a follow-up decision declaring art. 13

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Prime Minister Janez Janša and his government have repeatedly shown disregard for media freedom. Organisations defending press freedom and journalists call on the Slovenian government to commit to refraining from attempts to undermine initiatives aimed

[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), as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response, is highly concerned about reported attacks on journalists by the police during a protest in Düsseldorf

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] The Slovenian government of Prime Minister Janez Janša is overseeing an increasingly systematic effort to undermine critical media, a coalition of press freedom organisations and journalism groups warn to

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="1931" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] His Excellency Charles Michel President of the European Council Her Excellency Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission His Excellency David Maria Sassoli President of the European Parlia