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7 May

As deadline passes, MFRR renews call for urgent transposition of EU Anti SLAPP Directive

Today, 7 May 2026, marks the deadline for EU Member States to transpose the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive, also known as Daphne’s law. As we mark this landmark, however, the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor shows a fragmented and uneven picture for transposition across Europe, as the deadline is being missed by nearly all Member States.

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6 May

Georgia: An escalating media freedom crisis

Since the contested parliamentary elections in October 2024, Georgia has experienced one of the most rapid and serious deteriorations of press freedom ever seen in an EU member state or candidate country, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners warn today.

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5 May

World Press Freedom Day: Six years of monitoring reveals emerging threats against media freedom in Europe

For World Press Freedom Day 2026, MFRR publishes six years of Mapping Media Freedom data, revealing 6,092 media freedom violations affecting more than 10,200 journalists and media entities across Europe.

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28 Apr

Turkey: ECPMF and partner organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repeal

The undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations strongly condemn the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the “disinformation law” — to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists, and call on the government to repeal the provision immediately and release all journalists imprisoned under it.

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22 Apr

Czech Republic: Public media funding bill raises concerns over compatibility with EMFA

New Czech bill replacing licence fees with state funding may weaken public broadcasters and conflict with the European Media Freedom Act.

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22 Apr

Malta: Government inaction on media reforms

International organisations urge Malta to act on long-delayed media reforms and implement recommendations following the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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17 Apr

Italy: Landmark ruling in press freedom case

Roberto Saviano acquitted in a landmark ruling against Matteo Salvini, highlighting SLAPP risks and press freedom protections in Italy.

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15 Apr

Hungary: Media freedom reform must be priority for incoming Tisza government

Media reform in Hungary must be a priority issue for the new Tisza government as it seeks to rebuild the country’s severely eroded checks and balances and rejoin the European Union’s democratic community, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) said today following the election result.

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13 Apr

Serbia: Total impunity entrenched 27 years after killing of editor Slavko Ćuruvija

Twenty-seven years after the assassination of Serbian newspaper publisher and editor Slavko Ćuruvija in Belgrade, the undersigned media freedom organisations mark the upcoming anniversary of the killing by lamenting the complete impunity for those responsible for one of the most serious attacks on journalism in the country’s history.

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8 Apr

Georgia: Afgan Sadygov’s deportation represents a stark example of transnational repression, demands urgent international response

The undersigned MFRR partners, and other media freedom, journalist and freedom of expression organisations today condemn the arrest and deportation of Afgan Sadygov, founder of Azerbaijani news outlet and youtube channel Azel.tv from Georgia to Azerbaijan. Sadygov’s deportation constitutes a blatant violation of Georgia’s commitments under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and demands strong international condemnation.

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