Category ECPMF
18 Mar

Flutura Kusari receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is extremely proud to announce that Senior Legal Advisor Flutura Kusari has been awarded the prestigious Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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15 Mar

Coalition calls for effective implementation as the Parliament adopts the European Media Freedom Act

The European Parliament adopted with an overwhelming majority (464 in favour, 92against, 65 abstentions) the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

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13 Mar

Georgia: MFRR partners denounce smear campaign against journalist by speaker of the Parliament

The MFRR today expresses concern at the discrediting of a prominent Georgian journalist by Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

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8 Mar

“Resisting together means living together” – Female journalism in Turkey

Özgür Sevinç Şimşek was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison in Turkey for her journalistic activities. Şimşek, who is also a film director, regained her freedom in 2021 after having spent 5 and a half years behind bars.

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8 Mar

Safeguarding women journalists in the digital age

On International Women’s Day, MFRR coalition partners publish a critical examination of attacks against women journalists in the European Union and candidate countries.

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7 Mar

Italy: MFRR partners strongly condemn investigation into Domani journalists

The undersigned media freedom and civil society organisations strongly condemn the investigation of three Domani journalists for allegedly receiving confidential documents from a public official and for alleged breaching of secrets through the publication of information contained in those documents.

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7 Mar

Nominations open for IJ4EU Impact Award 2024

The IJ4EU fund has opened nominations for its annual Impact Award celebrating the best of European cross-border investigative journalism.

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6 Mar

SafeJournalists and MFRR: Physical confrontation with journalist in Serbia is unacceptable and must be sanctioned

We strongly condemn the behaviour of the local authorities in Indjija, who forcibly removed the journalist Verica Marincic from a municipality building.

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5 Mar

Safety of Journalists Platform 2024 Report: Spyware against journalists, abusive lawsuits, and journalists in exile

The unlawful deployments of spyware, the use of abusive lawsuits to hamper investigative work, and the precarious situation of many journalists in exile are some of the main concerns expressed by the partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform on the Safety of Journalists in their 2024 annual report.

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29 Feb

International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Demand Release of Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu in Upcoming Trial

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.

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