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 Türkiye: Stop Throttling Social Media Platforms and Messaging ServicesTürkiye is increasingly throttling social media platforms and messaging apps to silence online communication at moments of profound political or social importance. The undersigned human rights and press freedom organisations…
08 September 2025 Statements IPI and 16 press freedom organisations, rights groups call for the release of journalist Furkan KarabayThe International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned organisations strongly condemn the elongated pretrial detention of journalist Furkan Karabay, who faces a prison sentence of 6 to 15 years 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…
25 August 2025 Statements Albania: Media freedom groups write to authorities over Focus Media Group obstructionAlarm raised over non compliance with a recent decision by court in Tirana. To: Ministry of Interior Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation (MEKI) Ministry of Justice State Police Bailiff…
08 August 2025 Statements Bosnia and Herzegovina: We demand immediate release and charges to be dropped for journalist Nataša Miljanović ZubacAs part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined forces with the Safety of Journalists Network (SJN) to call for the immediate release…
01 August 2025 Statements Viorica Tătaru and Andrei Captarenco, journalism “Beyond the Dniester”Viorica Tătaru and Andrei Captarenco, in their reports, describe the lives of Moldovans beyond the Dniester. In this interview, they explain the difficulties in describing daily life in a country…
17 July 2025 Statements SafeJournalists and MFRR: Closure of Al Jazeera Balkans is a Major Blow to Media Freedom and Pluralism in the RegionThe SafeJournalists Network and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) platform express deep concern and solidarity with over 200 journalists and media workers affected by the sudden announcement of the…
11 July 2025 Statements Serbia: Media freedom continues to decline at alarming speed, EU must take actionThe undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations are profoundly appalled by the new attacks against journalists across Serbia, many of which are perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement authorities.…
02 July 2025 Statements Finland: Appeal court verdict on Helsingin Sanomat state secrets case sends a chilling messageAlarm 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…
