Category Advocacy
1 Feb

MFRR condemns ‘absurd’ €10 million lawsuit against L’Espresso magazine by sacked Vatican Cardinal

MFRR expresses serious concern over the €10 million euro lawsuit launched against Italian news magazine L’Espresso by a former Vatican Cardinal.

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29 Jan

The Media Freedom Rapid Response calls for urgent police protection for Olivera Lakić following assassination threats made against her

Olivera Lakić is an investigative journalist who covers organised crime and corruption.

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29 Jan

Poziv organizacije Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) za hitnu policijsku zaštitu Olivere Lakić nakon prijetnje atentatom na nju

Poziv organizacije Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) za hitnu policijsku zaštitu Olivere Lakić nakon prijetnje atentatom na nju

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28 Jan

Defamation action against Inès Léraud was dropped

The MFRR welcomes the dropping of the defamation action against Inès Léraud but vexatious legal threats continue to threaten media freedom across Europe

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26 Jan

UK: Italian journalist continues to litigate for access to Assange information

On 26 January 2021, Italian investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi appeared before the First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) in London. The hearing is the latest development in her long-running, multi-jurisdictional litigation effort to defend the right of the press to gain access to the full set of documents held by various authorities related to the Assange and […]

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21 Jan

Le procédure d’extradition contre Jonathan Taylor doit prendre fin

  Nous, partenaires de la Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), organisations de défense des droits humains, de lanceurs d’alerte, de journalistes et pour la transparence, sommes alarmés par la procédure d’extradition en cours contre Jonathan Taylor en Croatie. Le 4 janvier 2021, le tribunal du comté de Dubrovnik a de nouveau décidé d’extrader Jonathan vers […]

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18 Jan

Extradition proceedings against Jonathan Taylor must end!

Numerous organisations call on the Croatian and Monegasque authorities to immediately and unconditionally end the extradition proceedings against whistleblower Jonathan Taylor.

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7 Jan

Albania: Defence Minister’s Chief of Cabinet issues legal threat against journalist

ECPMF, as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), is concerned about legal proceedings initiated by Belioza Çoku, the Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Defence, against journalist Juljana Ristani, who published a story on undue interference with lists of nominees for educational bursaries in the context of a public competition held by the Ministry of Defence.

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4 Jan

ECPMF welcomes UK court decision not to extradite Assange to USA

ECPMF welcomes today’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the United States of America.

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4 Jan

ECPMF calls on the UK to release Julian Assange and block his extradition

ECPMF calls on the UK to release Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and block his extradition, as the hearings enter the final day. We are gravely concerned about the implications of the US government’s indictment for investigative journalism.   The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is deeply concerned by the ongoing extradition proceedings […]

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