The findings of a new report assessing the impact of the takeover of news publisher Polska Press by Poland’s state-controlled oil company PKN Orlen illustrate a shocking example of media capture in the EU.
On 18 July, Republika Srpska will vote to re-introduce criminal penalties for defamation. MFRR partners urge deputies to reject these amendments, as they would suppress journalism and public discourse across the country.
In the wake of recent events, the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) join hands to bring attention to the alarming situation plaguing media freedom in Albania.
The European Commission should take immediate action to address the deterioration of media freedom and the rule of law in Greece and its impact on fundamental rights, ECPMF and 16 other human rights and press freedom organisations said today in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The Media Freedom Rapid Response partners strongly denounce the Court’s decision and ultimately the lack of justice rendered for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.
On the sixth anniversary of the brutal killing of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, we renew our call for long-awaited justice for their killings and the imperative to break the cycle of impunity.
February 24 marks two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which greatly endangered Ukrainian journalists.
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has shaken Europe and beyond. The war has led to a humanitarian catastrophe for people on the ground, and also included numerous deliberate attacks on journalists in an attempt to silence their vital reporting.
Today, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom welcomes the Anti-SLAPP Directive – also known as Daphne’s Law – adopted today by the European Parliament in its first reading.
As the next hearing of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu approaches on February 29, 2024, we call for immediate attention to her case and her unjust detention.
