The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid response (MFRR) is expressing solidarity with journalist Grzegorz Rzeczkowski who faces four SLAPPs and was recently dismissed by Polityka, one of the major independent weekly magazines in Poland, without a transparent reason. The MFRR is concerned by the abusive legal actions […]

This piece is published in collaboration with Gazeta Wyborcza as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more. The article is available in Polish on Gazeta Wyborcza’s website. In Poland, the media landscape is made up of the following: outlets controlled or heavily influenced by the government and […]

In late December, Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed a controversial media bill that would tighten the rules around foreign ownership of media in the country, in a move press freedom watchdogs welcomed an important victory for media pluralism and independence. Critics had warned that the bill, adopted by Poland’s parliament on December 17, aimed to […]

Dear Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, The undersigned international media freedom and journalists groups are writing to urge you to apply a presidential veto to the so-called “Lex-TVN” amendment passed by the Sejm on December 17, which we believe poses a fundamental threat to media freedom and pluralism in Poland. This bill […]