Croatia

Country factsheet: Croatia

31/03/2021

A picture made of mixed colours and political interference: this is the landscape in Croatia under the lens of media freedom according to several monitoring tools

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020

An interactive tool to browse and compare data from the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News Report

UK: oil firm whistleblower Jonathan Taylor released

08/07/2021

On Wednesday 7 July 2021, the request to extradite Jonathan Taylor has been formally rejected by the Minister of Justice of Croatia. This decision is a victory for the public's right to be informed, as whistleblowers play a vital role in our democracies

Urgent letter to Croatian Minister of Justice: Do not extradite Whistleblower Jonathan Taylor

19/05/2021

Together with WIN (Whistleblowing international network), we co-signed a letter to the Croatian Minister of Justice

Open Letter to Croatian Minister of Justice to free whistleblower Jonathan Taylor

09/04/2021

Arrested last July, the British lawyer is still in Croatia at risk of extradiction to Monaco. The MFRR partners and several ngos ask Croatia to protect him

Extradition proceedings against Jonathan Taylor need to end!

19/01/2021

A wide range of organisations calls on Croatia and Monaco to end extradition proceedings and asks the European Parliament to condemn the ongoing harassment of such an important whistleblower

Insulting accusation of domestic violence

By Dirk Voorhoof and Inger Høedt-Rasmussen. Published on the Strasbourg Observers, an academic blog that discusses recent developments at the level of the European Court of Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), delivered an interesting judgment in the case of Tölle v. Croatia about insulting allegations of domestic violence.

Croatia: Smear campaign against journalist Anja Kožul, protection needed

11/12/2020

As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) condemn the smear campaign against Serbian journalist from Croatia Anja Kožul and call for her protection

New wave of SLAPPs hit Croatian media and journalists

04/11/2020

The Croatian journalists’ trade union and professional associations (TUCJ and CJA) announced last week that a new wave of vexatious lawsuits (SLAPP) is threatening freedom of speech in Croatia

SLAPP in the EU context

A research requested by the EU Commission about SLAPP, strategic lawsuits against public participation