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…
