Members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), after completing a mission to Bucharest, concluded that much of the media coverage of Romania’s electoral campaigns is seriously compromised by political capture and that media are failing to provide the fair and balanced political reporting necessary for the public to make informed electoral choices.  Romania also […]

IPI joins Media Freedom Rapid Response partners in writing to European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen and European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, outlining the findings and concerns about the deteriorating state of media freedom in Italy following the recent MFRR mission to Rome. *************************************************** Brussels, 25 June, 2024 Dear President of the European Parliament, […]

The undersigned members of the Media freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) welcome the start of the trial, on 26 June, of two suspects accused of the 2021 killing of Greek investigative journalist, Giorgos Karaivaz. We also call on the authorities to redouble efforts to identify those who ordered his murder.  Giorgos Karaivaz was shot dead on […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomed today’s release of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, who has spent the last five years in a UK prison awaiting extradition to the United States on espionage charges in connection with his role in publishing classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents.  However, IPI expressed serious concern about the potential […]