05 October 2026 Country reports France mission report: Media freedom at critical juncture ahead of the 2027 presidential electionAlthough France enjoys a legal and regulatory framework which is generally supportive of media freedom, challenges are mounting ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) concluded…
18 September 2026 Statements Steadfast support for Massimo Moratti, MFRR researcher, as he is facing an expulsion order from Serbian authoritiesThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), press freedom and free expression partners express our firm support for our colleague Massimo Moratti, the Senior Research Affiliate for the Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso…
07 September 2026 Monitoring Monitoring Briefing 2026The first half of 2026 saw a wide variety of attacks on journalists, media outlets and associated individuals across Europe. These included verbal attacks as well as physical assaults, deliberate…
21 August 2026 Statements Serbia: Spiral of violence against journalists intensifying in total impunityThe undersigned organisations raise alarm over the spiral of violence against journalists in Serbia that has intensified over the past weeks. Since our international mission to Belgrade in March, online…
16 July 2026 Country reports Serbia: A dangerous spiral of violence against journalistsRecord levels of physical violence against journalists, death threats and online smear campaigns, entrenched impunity, and tight political control over the media landscape – media freedom in Serbia is in…
13 July 2026 Country reports Italy: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backslidingOn 9-10 March 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium conducted its third visit to Rome in five years. The MFRR mission found that Italy has continued on a…
06 May 2026 Statements Georgia: An escalating media freedom crisisSince the contested parliamentary elections in October 2024, Georgia has experienced one of the most rapid and serious deteriorations of press freedom ever seen in an EU member state or…
05 May 2026 Monitoring Statements World Press Freedom Day: Six years of monitoring reveals emerging threats against media freedom in EuropeTo mark World Press Freedom Day, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is today publishing an analysis of six years of monitoring data which reveals in granular detail the most…
22 April 2026 Statements Malta: Government inaction on media reformsInternational press freedom and journalist organisations are today calling on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningful and transparent collaboration with…
13 April 2026 Statements Serbia: Total impunity entrenched 27 years after killing of editor Slavko ĆuruvijaTwenty-seven years after the assassination of Serbian newspaper publisher and editor Slavko Ćuruvija in Belgrade, the undersigned media freedom organisations mark the upcoming anniversary of the killing by lamenting the…
08 April 2026 Statements Georgia: Afgan Sadygov’s deportation represents a stark example of transnational repression, demands urgent international responseThe undersigned MFRR partners, and other media freedom, journalist and freedom of expression organisations today condemn the arrest and deportation of Afgan Sadygov, founder of Azerbaijani news outlet and youtube…
31 March 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Serbian authorities must stop the spiral of violence against journalistsMedia freedom in Serbia remains trapped in a downward spiral amidst record levels of physical violence against journalists, death threats and online smear campaigns, alarming levels of impunity, and tight…
