The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organizations today mourn the death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died in unclear circumstances while in Russian detention, and whose death was confirmed by Russian and Ukrainian authorities on Thursday. We welcome the opening of an investigation by Ukrainian authorities on grounds of “war crime combined […]

Every Friday, journalist Giorgos Karaivaz would bring flowers or sweets home to his wife and son on his way back from the TV studio. But on 9 April 2021, that routine ended in tragedy. As he returned home, a black scooter with two riders pulled up beside him, and ten bullets tore through his body. […]

The IPI global network today condemns the prison terms handed to two journalists in Kyrgyzstan who worked with media projects linked to Kyrgyz investigative journalist Bolot Temirov, who was forced into exile in 2022. The two journalists, Mahabat Tajibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishenbekov, were sentenced to six and five years of prison, respectively, on charges […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium welcomes the decision to pause the passage of the law criminalizing fake news and to hold  an expert committee meeting on media freedom in Cyprus. The discussion comes at a critical juncture, as concerns grow over draft legislation to criminalize offensive content and “fake news”. A freshly published […]