Tag MFRR
20 Mar

Romania: Answers needed over surveillance of investigative journalist

International media freedom organizations raise concerns over the surveillance of Romanian journalist Victor Ilie by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA).

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14 Mar

Serbia: One year of unpunished attacks on journalist Dinko Gruhonjić, the culture of impunity must end

The members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium and partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform are deeply concerned about the ongoing year-long persecution campaign against journalist Dinko Gruhonjić.

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11 Mar

SafeJournalists Network and Media Freedom Rapid Response: TikTok ban in Albania threatens freedom of expression ahead of general elections

SafeJournalists Network (SJN), the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, and civil society organisations express serious concern regarding the Albanian Council of Ministers' decision on March 6, 2025, to suspend nationwide access to the TikTok platform for 12 months.

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10 Mar

Georgia: Independent Journalism and Media Pluralism on the Brink

MFRR Partners warn that a new wave of repressive legislation threatens Georgian independent journalism with imminent extinction.

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5 Mar

MFRR and SJN condemn adoption of foreign agent legislation in Bosnia’s entity Republika Srpska

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners and SafeJournalists Network (SJN) strongly condemn the adoption of legislation in the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina which will establish a "special registry” of NGOs, many of which are independent media.

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24 Feb

Ukraine: MFRR partners stand with journalists, 3 years since start of full-scale invasion

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s journalists face ongoing attacks, detention and funding crises.

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21 Feb

Slovakia: Media freedom under threat on seventh anniversary of Ján Kuciak murder

On the 7th anniversary of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová’s murder, media freedom remains under threat in Slovakia. ECPMF, together with the MFRR, calls for full justice and urgent protections for journalists.

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20 Feb

Slovakia: New report highlights growing media freedom crisis

A new MFRR report warns of a deepening media freedom crisis in Slovakia under Robert Fico’s government. Legal harassment, media capture, and threats to press independence are rising.

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18 Feb

Italy: Call for full transparency after Fanpage editor-in-chief surveilled with spyware

Fanpage’s editor-in-chief, Francesco Cancellato, was targeted with Graphite spyware, raising concerns over journalist surveillance in the EU. ECPMF and MFRR demand urgent investigations.

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17 Feb

Denmark: Condemnation of legal threats against Danwatch by Ingosstrakh and ELWI

Russian insurer Ingosstrakh and ELWI law firm are threatening Danish investigative outlet Danwatch with legal action over its reporting on sanctions violations. Press freedom groups condemn this SLAPP attempt.

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