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The Only Material: Exhibition on Ukrainian journalism opened in Berlin — Now extended until 4 August
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

 

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in Leipzig, Germany, 2015. It operates on the basis of  the European Charter on Freedom of the Press and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The vision of the Centre is a society where media freedom enables open discourse and everyone can seek, receive and impart information.

ECPMF’s mission is to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. We do this by monitoring violations, providing practical support and engaging diverse stakeholders across Europe.

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News

Turkey: MFRR partners alarmed by state-backed attacks on Leman magazine

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of four staff members of Leman, one of Türkiye’s leading satirical magazines, and express deep concern over the ongoing judicial, economic, and physical pressure targeting the publication following the release of a cartoon deemed offensive by religious and conservative groups.

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Nedim Türfent

International organisations condemn the arrest warrant issued against the journalist Nedim Türfent by the Turkish authorities

Leading media freedom and human rights organisations condemn the arrest warrant issued by Turkish authorities against exiled Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent.

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Turkish journalists blacklisted

Turkey: Journalists detained under the Artvin investigation must be released immediately!

Journalists Dicle Baştürk, Yavuz Akengin, Eylem Emel Yılmaz, and Sendika.Org contributor Ozan Cırık, who were detained during house raids in Istanbul on 13 June, were put under arrest pending trial by the on-duty court on the night of 16 June on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization.”

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Sachsen bekräftigt seine Unterstützung für die Pressefreiheit und den Schutz von Medienschaffenden

Der Doppelhaushalt Sachsens 2025/26 enthält eine erneuerte und erhöhte Förderung des ECPMF – ein starkes Zeichen für Pressefreiheit in Europa.

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Projects and Programmes

IJ4EU: Funding cross-border investigative journalism in Europe.
Media Freedom Rapid Response: Supporting and protecting journalists and media workers in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
Opportunities for Journalists in Exile in Germany
Voices of Ukraine - Support programme to strengthening the resilience of independent media in Ukraine