[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] 1 6 /03/2021 Dear Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, CC: Vera Jourova, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, CC: MEPs of the European Parliament Media Working Group The undersigned press freedom and jo

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] By Jane Whyatt [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="5202" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text]High profile speakers Irene Khan and Věra Jourová set the tone for the inaugural Media Freedom Rapid Response: solidarity. The online keynote session on 17t

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="5500" img_size="medium"][vc_column_text] 19 March 2021 The MFRR condemns the murder of radio presenter Hazim Özsu in Turkey and calls for a swift and thorough investigation and prosecution that leads to justice In the evening of 9th March, radio

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Jane Whyatt New laws and decrees in the name of battling the COVID-19 pandemic or terrorism threaten press freedom in Europe. At the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Summit online, Sarah Massoud of the French Magistrates’ Association discussed thr

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Jane Whyatt Nothing could be more frightening than a threat of sexual violence against a newborn baby. Yet this unspeakable horror is only one of the many acts of intimidation by paramilitaries and far-right groups aimed at journalist Patricia Devlin and dozens

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Jane Whyatt One of the most high-risk assignments for a journalist or camera crew in Europe is to cover a protest. In 2020, more than 1 in every 4 press freedom violations (25.9%) recorded on Mapping Media Freedom happened during demonstrations. How

69 tätliche Angriffe ereigneten sich im Jahr 2020. Nie zuvor in den sechs Jahren seit Beginn der Erhebung erfasste das Europäische Zentrum für Presse- und Medienfreiheit (ECPMF) mehr Angriffe.

The MFRR partners ask for de-politicisation of the Council of the Czech TV regarding citizens’ access to pluralistic public service media in the Czech Republic.

[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