The partner organizations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) strongly condemn Georgia’s ruling party’s renewed effort to pass a Russian-style “foreign agent” law that would threaten media freedom and civic space in the country, which received EU candidate status last year. We call on the Georgian Dream (GD) party to immediately withdraw this restrictive […]

Commemorating 25 years since the brutal murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, media freedom organizations unite to condemn continued impunity in this case and demand accountability for all acts of violence against journalists in Serbia. The recent acquittal of security officers accused of Ćuruvija’s murder, as well as the escalating attacks against journalists in Novi […]

The IPI global network welcomes Malawi’s release of journalist Macmillan Mhone following his arrest on cybercrime charges. However, we call on authorities to drop all charges against him. Malawi must ensure that its cybercrime law is not abused to target journalists. On April 8, the police’s Cyber Crimes Division in Blantyre detained Mhone, who works […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and other undersigned members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) are deeply alarmed by the actions of the Slovak government towards Slovakia’s leading commercial broadcaster, TV Markíza, aimed at silencing its critical journalism. We call on Markíza’s owners, the Central European Media Enterprises (CME), to resist the pressure and […]