EU: IPI welcomes action against 14 states over Anti-SLAPP Directive delays

EU states must introduce robust measures to protect journalists and media from vexatious litigation

Mozambique: Threats to environmental reporters continue

IPI condemns targeting of Estácio Valoi following his reporting on illegal timber smuggling

Poland: Passing of Anti-SLAPP Act a victory for media freedom

IPI and MFRR partners jointly welcome approval of new law by Polish president

France: Critical juncture for media freedom ahead of 2027 elections

Growing concentration of media ownership, abusive legal proceedings, and threats to journalists’ safety call for urgent action

Greece: Abusive lawsuit against independent newsrooms should be dismissed

Greece urged to implement anti-SLAPP safeguards to protect media

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

Research reveals perfect storm for judicial harassment

As deadline passes, MFRR renews call for urgent transposition of EU Anti SLAPP Directive

European Commission should be prepared to take swift infringement action where Member States fall short

Italy: Media freedom continues to erode amidst multiple challenges

IPI and MFRR partners share preliminary findings following two-day visit to Rome

North Macedonia: Appeal court ruling on Investigative Reporting Lab a worrying setback for media freedom

IPI and media freedom partners express solidarity with IRL after latest alarming warning

Italy: IPI to join follow-up media freedom mission to Rome

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) mission to examine European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) implementation, SLAPPs, spyware attacks on journalists, and media concentration

Guatemala: IPI welcomes release of World Press Freedom Hero José Rubén Zamora, calls for all remaining charges to be dropped

Imprisoned since July 2022, Zamora has endured years of legal harassment and arbitrary detention

United States: IPI alarmed by Trump $10 bln lawsuit against BBC

Lawsuit a warning sign for media around the world

Thailand: IPI urges government to drop cross-border defamation charges against Murray Hunter

Case highlights alarming rise of transnational repression in Southeast Asia

Hungary: Media freedom remains in crisis mode ahead of 2026 elections

IPI joined recent visit of international media freedom groups to Budapest

Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform

Media freedom in Bulgaria faces entrenched challenges in a climate of political polarisation and legislative inertia

EU Rule of Law Report: A welcome but insufficient response to deteriorating media freedom

IPI and MFRR partners respond to EU's 2025 Rule of Law report in new analysis

Greece: IPI joins open letter to PM Mitsotakis outlining urgent need for further media freedom reforms

Letter to Greek Prime Minister and authorities sent as part of the Council of Europe’s Journalists Matter Campaign

Report: The shrinking space for journalism in Croatia

New MFRR report follows advocacy mission to Zagreb in May

Report: Media freedom in a state of emergency in Serbia

IPI and MFRR partners publish report following recent mission to Belgrade and Novi Sad

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling

IPI stands behind Reporters United and Efimerida ton Syntakton