Journalists-in-Residence Programme Manager
16.12.2019 The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT) are conducting a Fact-Finding Mission to Denmark and Sweden. This is to identify best practices and recommendations for journalism an
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the Albanian parliament not to approve the draft media laws known as the “defamation package.” Should the draft laws enter into force, they would introduce mandatory registration requirements for online media and create an administrative body with the power
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] By ECPMF press/Faith Miyandazi From France to Croatia, Malta to Italy, judicial harassment of journalists in the European Union is rising as more and more journalists are subjected to SLAPPs. Yes, they are called "SLAPPs", Strategic Lawsuits Against Pu
01.01.2020 Busy, busy – we have spent 2019 in a hive of activity and built some new features into our ongoing work. Tragically, journalists in Europe continued to suffer in a climate of hostility and impunity. Investigative reporter Lyra Mckee was murdered and Vadym Kumarovv lost his fight for life
17.01.2020 The undersigned international and regional press freedom and journalism groups welcome the start of the murder trial this week against the suspected killers of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová. The suspects on trial at the Specialized Criminal Court in Pezin
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 22.01.2020 French version below/Français ci-dessous ECPMF and the French Union of Journalists (SNJ-CGT) launch the Press Freedom Police Codex in France Paris, 22 January 2020 – Today, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) and the French Union of
With more than 20 international organisations we have written a joint letter to European Commissioner Vice President Věra Jourová calling on her to include everyone who has been impacted by SLAPP lawsuits in the European Union’s proposed new rules. Vice-President Vera Jourová European Commission Rue
The undersigned organisations call on the Government of Spain to accept the 20 recommendations on freedom of expression made by other member states during the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Spain’s human rights record, which took place on 22 January 2020 in Geneva.
20.11.2019 Turkish authorities have re-arrested the internationally-known Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan just one week after his release from over three years in detention. ECPMF and the undersigned organisations said that his re-arrest on 12 November was an extraordinarily low blow in a case that has
