20 March 2026 Statements Serbia: Coordinated smear campaign by the Centre for Social Stability requires urgent response from authoritiesOver the past month, the Centre for Social Stability, a non-governmental organisation known for targeting independent journalists, intensified its ongoing smear campaign against Veran Matić, President of the Association of…
20 March 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Serbia: Media freedom mission to probe longstanding challenges and advocate for reformOn 26-27 March 2026, partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and of the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists will…
12 March 2026 Statements Georgia: New laws threaten to paralyse independent mediaThe International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemns the Georgian parliament’s adoption of a sweeping new legislative package that criminalises foreign funding and cooperation, warning it will paralyze the operations…
11 March 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Italy: MFRR flags ongoing media freedom erosionMedia freedom in Italy has continued its overall downward trajectory in the past two years, amidst the car bomb attack on one of the country’s most famous journalists, new spyware…
10 March 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Systemic Siege of Independent Journalism in Türkiye: Media Freedom Mission Report 2025A coalition of eight international press freedom organisations, including ECPMF and OBCT as part of MFRR, conducted the seventh joint mission to Türkiye from 24-26 November 2025 in Ankara. The…
08 March 2026 Statements Gender-based violence, a growing weapon against women journalistsTo mark International Women’s Day, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) published alarming data highlighting the continued and systematic targeting of women journalists through gender-based violence in Europe.…
06 March 2026 Statements North Macedonia: Appeal court ruling on Investigative Reporting Lab a worrying setback for media freedomA recent defamation decision by the Court of Appeal in North Macedonia against the Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) is a worrying development for media freedom in the country which should…
02 March 2026 Statements Greece: Executives of spyware firm used to surveil journalist Thanasis Koukakis sentenced to prisonThe International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the recent criminal convictions handed down by a Greek court to four individuals from surveillance firm Intellexa whose Predator spyware was used to illegally…
24 February 2026 Statements Ukraine: Four years into full-scale invasion, journalism remains a deadly professionOn the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) hail the continued courage of journalists in the country who…
20 February 2026 Statements Slovakia: MFRR partners continue to demand full justice for Kuciak assassinationAhead of the eighth anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR)…
20 February 2026 Statements Turkey: Media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights groups urge authorities to release and drop charges against journalist Alican UludağThe undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organisations strongly condemn the arrest of Deutsche Welle (DW) correspondent Alican Uludağ and call on the Turkish authorities to drop…
19 February 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Italy: MFRR to conduct follow-up media freedom mission to RomeThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners will conduct an advocacy mission to Rome, Italy, on 9–10 March 2026 to assess key developments affecting press and media freedom in the…
