12 February 2026 Statements Serbia: Coordinated bot attacks on Instagram accounts of independent media emerge as new weapon of censorshipThe MFRR partners today raise alarm over a recent wave of bot-driven cyber attacks targeting the social media accounts of Serbian media outlets. Our organisations warn that the dozen recorded…
09 February 2026 Statements Albania: Democratic reform of public broadcaster RTSH remains only viable optionUsing funding cuts, suspension, or closure as reform tools violates EU principles for public service media. MFRR partners join the undersigned Albanian and international media freedom and journalist organisations in…
09 February 2026 Statements Georgia: Scrap defamation law changes and uphold freedom of expressionThe recently-introduced amendments to Georgia’s defamation legislation mark a serious regression in the protection of freedom of expression. While authorities claim that the changes are intended to address the harms…
05 February 2026 Statements Interview: How Georgian public broadcaster was distorted into a government mouthpieceBy Agnes Jakobson, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Fellow at IPI Last year, press freedom in Georgia continued to rapidly decline as the ruling Georgian Dream party intensified its crackdown on dissent.…
02 February 2026 Statements Georgia: Restrictive new funding law would further cut off media and journalistsThe MFRR partners strongly condemn the proposals of the Georgian Dream (GD) ruling party to implement a series of legislative amendments that would impose additional restrictions and penalties on recipients…
28 January 2026 Statements Poland: Opinion on EMFA reform of Broadcasting LawThe International Press Institute (IPI), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) provide the following contribution to…
27 January 2026 Statements EU: MFRR contributes to European Union annual Rule of Law reportMFRR partners share a statement condemning the threats and attacks against journalists and media workers when covering demonstrations and protests in Germany, France, Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Poland and Italy. The…
27 January 2026 Statements Amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamationThe undersigned organisations of the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today stress that recent amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code, though positive,…
23 January 2026 Statements MFRR welcomes European Democracy Shield draft report and proposes further protections for journalistsThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners welcome the European Commission’s EU Democracy Shield initiative and the European Parliament’s Special Committee’s Rapporteur’s draft report published on 21 January. While the…
23 January 2026 Statements Malta: Convicted bomb suppliers lose appeal over Daphne Caruana Galizia murderThe undersigned international media freedom and journalist organisations welcome the confirmation of guilty verdicts handed to Robert Agius and Jamie Vella, the two men who supplied the bomb used to…
22 January 2026 Statements Public letter: Bosnian public broadcaster BHRT requires urgent action from Office of High RepresentativeMedia Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners have voiced serious concern today in a public letter to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, over the lack of political…
21 January 2026 Statements IPI condemns arrest of journalist Nedim Oruç, calls for his immediate releaseThe International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the arrest and arbitrary detention of journalist Nedim Oruç on terrorism-related charges and calls on Turkish authorities to release him immediately with all…
