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…
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…
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…
17 December 2025 Statements Lithuania: IPI warns over increasing pressure on independent public service broadcastingIndependent public service broadcasting in Lithuania is under increasing threat after the recent passing of a rushed legislative amendment which makes it easier to remove the director general of Lithuanian…
04 December 2025 Statements Lithuania: Media freedom groups raise alarm as political pressure campaign on LRT widensProposed legal amendments to the law governing Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT risk weakening its editorial independence and disrupting its sustainable financing, the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid…
21 November 2025 Statements Hungary: New EU Media Board should assess Blikk acquisition by pro-government media groupThe undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners and Médiafórum today raise alarm about the recent acquisition of Hungary’s most-read tabloid newspaper by a pro-government media group and calls on…
21 November 2025 Statements Serbia: Election of REM Council undermines democratic principlesThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today expresses renewed concern over the undemocratic process by which the National Assembly conducted the latest election for the Council of the Regulatory Authority…
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…
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 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…
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,…
