The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) backs concerns expressed over the editorial independence of Italian public broadcaster RAI. The MFRR further insists that the appointment process of the new leadership must guarantee RAI’s political independence and enforce the highest standards of journalism. On 14 September, Rainews24, the news channel of Italy’s public broadcaster RAI, aired […]

International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and journalists, today joins international press freedom, journalists and human rights organizations in strongly condemning Georgia’s recently adopted Family Values Bill. This legislation imposes censorship on media by banning broadcasters from freely reporting on LGBT+ issues. The Georgian government must stop its legal attacks on press […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium expresses serious concern over the persistent spoofing of legitimate European media outlets, most recently as part of a Russian disinformation campaign called “Doppelgänger”. Over the past two years, this disinformation campaign, initially discovered in 2022, continued to weigh in the political debate with so-called cybersquatting practices, through which […]

The IPI global network today condemns a recent lawsuit by Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov targeting leading Ukrainian media who referred to him as “pro-Russian”. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of complaints that Portnov filed against media. This week, a court in Kyiv ruled in favour of Portnov in this most recent lawsuit, […]