25 September 2025 Statements France: MFRR condemns new resurgence of police violence against journalistsAt least six journalists have been injured since early September while covering the protests against the 2026 national budget plan. The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the deliberate…
24 September 2025 Advocacy missions Statements Bulgaria: Mission to examine media freedom and independent journalismBetween 24-25 September, the International Press Institute (IPI) will join a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations travelling to Bulgaria to conduct a press freedom mission on behalf…
19 September 2025 Statements Open Letter on Improving Journalists’ Access to the Albanian ParliamentThirty media freedom and civil society organisations – including the SafeJournalists Network, MFRR partners, RSF and leading Albanian groups – have urged the Albanian Parliament to drop proposals that would…
19 September 2025 Statements Ukraine: Demand for justice from Russia one year after death of Victoria RoshchynaSeptember 19 marks one year since the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, MFRR partners…
18 September 2025 Advocacy missions Statements Moldova: fears for press freedom in case of pro-Russian victoryJournalists warn significant backsliding possible after elections on September 28. On June 23 to 27, the International Press Institute (IPI), representing the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium, conducted a…
16 September 2025 Monitoring Monitoring Report January-June 2025This Monitoring Report takes stock of the press freedom situation in 36 EU Member States and candidate countries during the first six months of 2025. Between January and June, the…
12 September 2025 Statements Backroom deals to silence independent media in Serbia?As the political situation in Serbia remains explosive, the publication of a controversial private conversation highlights an attempt to muzzle the few media outlets in the country that continue to…
11 September 2025 Statements Türkiye: Stop Throttling Social Media Platforms and Messaging ServicesTürkiye is increasingly throttling social media platforms and messaging apps to silence online communication at moments of profound political or social importance. The undersigned human rights and press freedom organisations…
11 September 2025 Statements Georgia: Media Freedom groups condemn latest attacks on journalists by ruling party activists and policeThe undersigned media freedom, journalists’, and freedom of expression organizations strongly condemn the recent physical and verbal attacks on independent media by activists of the Georgian Dream ruling party and…
10 September 2025 Statements Media freedom groups welcome Google fine, call on EU to break up the tech giant’s digital advertising monopolyThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today calls on the European Union to step up its action against Google following the European Commission’s decision to impose a 2.95 billion euro…
08 September 2025 Statements IPI and 16 press freedom organisations, rights groups call for the release of journalist Furkan KarabayThe International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned organisations strongly condemn the elongated pretrial detention of journalist Furkan Karabay, who faces a prison sentence of 6 to 15 years and…
04 September 2025 Statements Serbia: MFRR partners warn against attempt to seize political control of last remaining independent TV stations N1 and NovaThe partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) express serious concern over the threat of political interference in the operations of the United Group’s media outlets in Serbia, which…
