26 March 2025 Monitoring Spyware and Surveillance Fact Sheet: 2020–202524 March 2025Spywares are extremely powerful and intrusive digital weapons that are increasingly jeopardising the work of journalists and basic human rights, within and outside Europe. Narratives that portray them…
20 March 2025 Library Romania: Answers needed over surveillance of investigative journalistRomania: Answers needed over surveillance of investigative journalist The undersigned international media freedom organisations today raise concerns over recent revelations about the physical surveillance and wiretapping of an investigative journalist…
18 March 2025 Library Hungary: IPI warns of fresh crackdown on independent mediaHungary: IPI warns of fresh crackdown on independent media The International Press Institute (IPI) today warns of a looming crackdown by the Hungarian government on independent media in the country,…
14 March 2025 Library Serbia: One year of unpunished attacks on journalist Dinko Gruhonjić, the culture of impunity must endSerbia: 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…
11 March 2025 Library TikTok ban in Albania threatens freedom of expression ahead of general electionsSafeJournalists 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…
10 March 2025 Library Georgia: Independent Journalism and Media Pluralism on the BrinkGeorgia: 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.10.03.2025We, the undersigned press freedom,…
05 March 2025 Library Bosnia and Herzegovina: MFRR and SJN condemn adoption of foreign agent legislation in Bosnia’s entity Republika SrpskaMFRR 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…
03 March 2025 Library Serbia: MFRR and SJN urgently call to stop targeting and intimidating journalistsSerbia: MFRR and SJN urgently call to stop targeting and intimidating journalists MFRR partners share a statement condemning the threats and attacks against journalists and media workers when covering demonstrations…
27 February 2025 Library Lithuania: Media freedom groups warn LRT audit risks threatening editorial independenceLithuania: Media freedom groups warn LRT audit risks threatening editorial independence The undersigned international media freedom and journalist groups today raise concerns over a planned “political neutrality” audit recently approved…
24 February 2025 Library Croatia: Tackling political pressure, legal challenges and precarity to revive media freedomCroatia: Tackling political pressure, legal challenges and precarity to revive media freedom Outdated media laws, compromised public media independence, SLAPPs, as well as mounting economic, political, and physical pressures are…
24 February 2025 Library Statements Ukraine: MFRR partners stand with journalists, 3 years since start of full-scale invasionUkraine: MFRR partners stand with journalists, 3 years since start of full-scale invasion On 24 February 2025, Ukraine marks three years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. While the…
21 February 2025 Library Slovakia: Media freedom under threat on seventh anniversary of Ján Kuciak murderSlovakia: Media freedom under threat on seventh anniversary of Ján Kuciak murder On the seventh anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová,…
