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…
04 September 2025 Statements Turkey: MFRR partners condemn Turkey’s broadcast regulator’s decision to silence TELE1The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the five-day broadcast blackout imposed on TELE1 since September 1, and the escalating use of censorship sanctions by RTÜK, Turkey’s broadcast regulator,…
04 September 2025 Statements Ten demands for maintaining media freedom in CzechiaMedia freedom is the cornerstone of every democratic society. Independent journalism, together with media literacy and free access to information, is the best prevention against disinformation. In the run-up to…
25 August 2025 Statements Albania: Media freedom groups write to authorities over Focus Media Group obstructionAlarm raised over non compliance with a recent decision by court in Tirana. To: Ministry of Interior Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation (MEKI) Ministry of Justice State Police Bailiff…
13 August 2025 Statements IPI condemns armed attack on Evrensel’s İzmir bureau, calls for urgent investigationThe International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the armed attack on the İzmir bureau of Turkey’s Evrensel newspaper and calls on authorities to ensure the safety of critical media outlets…
12 August 2025 Statements Albania: Urgent answers needed on Focus Media Group blockade and journalists’ right to workWe, the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Albanian media freedom organisations, express shared concern over the police blockade and subsequent…
08 August 2025 Statements Bosnia and Herzegovina: We demand immediate release and charges to be dropped for journalist Nataša Miljanović ZubacAs part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined forces with the Safety of Journalists Network (SJN) to call for the immediate release…
08 August 2025 Statements EU: After entry into force, political will now crucial for European Media Freedom Act successThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners today welcome the historic entry into force of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which represents a landmark achievement in ongoing efforts to…
