Tag: Legal

08 July 2025

Statements
Turkey: MFRR partners alarmed by state-backed attacks on Leman magazine
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of four staff members of Leman, one of Türkiye’s leading satirical magazines, and express deep concern over the ongoing…
02 July 2025

Statements
Finland: Appeal court verdict on Helsingin Sanomat state secrets case sends a chilling message
Alarm after journalist was given suspended prison sentence for unpublished article. The International Press Institute (IPI) and its Finnish National Committee express alarm over the recent verdict by the…
20 June 2025

Statements
Kosovo: Steadfast support for Flutura Kusari as she seeks justice against Mentor Llugaliu’s harassment
The undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response partners and Council of Europe Safety of Journalists Platform members express support for their colleague Flutura Kusari, Senior Legal Advisor at the European Centre…
17 June 2025

Statements
Georgia: Independent media face new wave of repression as new laws come into effect.
Laws on foreign funding and broadcast content empower authorities to censor, prosecute and close media which provide vital sources of news and information to the public. As the ruling…
10 June 2025

Statements
Malta: Guilty verdicts in Daphne Caruana Galizia case mark another step towards full justice
Media freedom groups welcome conviction of two gang members who supplied car bomb which killed Maltese journalist. Guilty verdicts handed down to two gang members who supplied the car bomb…
29 April 2025

Statements
Constitutional Court of Albania Strengthens Freedom of Expression in Elton Qyno Case
Joint Statement by the SafeJournalists Network, partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), welcoming the decision of the Constitutional Court of Albania, which…
29 April 2025

Statements
Turkey: Swedish journalist Joakim Medin to face terrorism and insult charges as pre-trial detention continues
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemned the decision to charge Joakim Medin with terrorism related actions in addition to the insult charges that were used to justify…
22 April 2025

Statements
Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling
IPI stands behind Reporters United and Efimerida ton Syntakton. The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFFR) in welcoming the recent ruling by…
11 March 2025

Statements
TikTok ban in Albania threatens freedom of expression ahead of general elections
SafeJournalists Network (SJN), the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, and civil society organisations express serious concern regarding the Albanian Council of Ministers’ decision on March 6, 2025, to suspend…
24 February 2025

Advocacy missions

Country reports
Croatia: 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 undermining journalism and media freedom in Croatia, as outlined in the latest…
20 February 2025

Statements
Georgia: Free Mzia Today
The undersigned journalists, newsrooms, press freedom advocates, human rights defenders, and journalists’ organisations, call upon the Georgian authorities to immediately release veteran journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger…
23 January 2025

Statements
Georgia: Press freedom partners call for release of Mzia Amaglobeli, end to crackdown on free press
The undersigned press freedom, journalists and human rights organisations call for the immediate release of veteran Georgian journalist and founder and director of the online newspapers Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia…

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Tag: Legal

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Turkey: MFRR partners alarmed by state-backed attacks on Leman magazine

Finland: Appeal court verdict on Helsingin Sanomat state secrets case sends a chilling message

Kosovo: Steadfast support for Flutura Kusari as she seeks justice against Mentor Llugaliu’s harassment

Georgia: Independent media face new wave of repression as new laws come into effect.

Malta: Guilty verdicts in Daphne Caruana Galizia case mark another step towards full justice

Constitutional Court of Albania Strengthens Freedom of Expression in Elton Qyno Case

Turkey: Swedish journalist Joakim Medin to face terrorism and insult charges as pre-trial detention continues

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling

TikTok ban in Albania threatens freedom of expression ahead of general elections

Croatia: Tackling political pressure, legal challenges and precarity to revive media freedom

Georgia: Free Mzia Today

Georgia: Press freedom partners call for release of Mzia Amaglobeli, end to crackdown on free press

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