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Albania: IPI and partners welcome draft anti-SLAPP legislative package
Press FreedomSLAPPs
Open letter sent to Ministry urges government to commit to adding additional safeguards to bill aimed at countering Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
Europe: Albania
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Africa: IPI report maps gaps in access to climate, environmental information in six countries
Climate JournalismPress FreedomSLAPPs
Access remains slow, fragmented, and incomplete, even where specific laws exist
Africa
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Hungary: IPI and CASE partners write to Ministers calling for strong anti-SLAPP law
Press FreedomSLAPPs
IPI and CASE coalition members urge Hungary’s Minister of Justice and Minister for Social Relations and Culture to expand draft Anti-SLAPP law to protect against domestic lawsuits and engage in consultations with CSOs
Europe: Hungary
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IPI welcomes the adoption of the ACHPR resolution on the need to conduct a study on SLAPPs in Africa
SLAPPs
The resolution recommends states adopt measures to protect public watchdogs, including journalists, from abusive lawsuits
Africa
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Advocacy

Greece: IPI welcomes strong anti-SLAPP law as welcome boost for press freedom
Press FreedomSLAPPs
New law protects journalists against both domestic and cross border SLAPPs
Europe: Greece

Reports

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Policy Primer: Why countering abusive lawsuits in Africa matters for the environment
Climate JournalismSLAPPs
How SLAPPs silence environmental journalists, and six practical measures states can take
Africa

New IPI report: SLAPPs pose threat to Africa’s climate and environmental journalists
SLAPPs
Africa

Rapporto sulla libertà di stampa: la deriva democratica dell’Italia
Journalist SafetyMedia CaptureSLAPPs
L'allarme delle organizzazioni: influenza politica sui media e cause vessatorie contro i giornalisti
Italy

Media freedom mission report on Italy’s democratic drift
Journalist SafetyMedia CapturePress FreedomSLAPPs
Organizations alert about political influence on media and vexatious lawsuits against journalists
Italy

Report on media freedom in Romania ahead of Super Election Year
Journalist SafetyMedia CapturePress FreedomSLAPPs
Mission report highlights political influence, vexatious lawsuits and online harassment in Romania
Romania

Event

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13.10.2025

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Summit 2025
Investigative journalismJournalist SafetyMedia CapturePress FreedomSLAPPsSurveillance
European media freedom consortium to hold annual summit in Brussels
Europe
17.06.2024 - 18.06.2024

Romania: super election year calls for press freedom assessment
Journalist SafetyMedia CapturePress FreedomSLAPPs
Upcoming mission of European media freedom consortium to evaluate concerns
Romania
16.05.2024 - 17.05.2024

Media Freedom Rapid Response’s urgent mission to Italy
Media CapturePress FreedomSLAPPs
Worsening state of media freedom prompts consortium visit to Rome
Italy

Podcasts & Videos

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MFRR in Focus: Engrained challenges for press freedom in Bulgaria
SLAPPs
New episode of ‘MFRR in Focus’ podcast series examines challenges facing independent journalism in one of the EU’s most corrupt countries
Europe: Bulgaria