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MFRR partners join call for justice for Martin O’Hagan

28/09/2021

Twenty years ago today, Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan was shot dead in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. To this day, no one has been held to account for his brutal murder. The undersigned partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) stand in solidarity with O’Hagan’s family, colleagues and friends as we call for justice in his case

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Rule of Law Report: civil society recommendations for the Commission

22/09/2021

OBCT joins 30 civil society organisations to ask the Commission to revise the methodology of the Rule of Law Report

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Croatia: MFRR partners concerned about wave of abusive legal actions against Index.hr

22/09/2021

MFRR partners condemn the wave of abusive legal actions filed against Index.hr, many of which used by powerful individuals as a means of silencing critical expression

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Romania: filmmakers badly beaten while shooting documentary on illegal logging

21/09/2021

On 16 September, two filmmakers and an activist were attacked and badly beaten by a group of 20 armed people while documenting the issue of illegal logging. MFRR partners call on the Romanian authorities to ensure all those responsible are brought to justice

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MFRR partners welcome European Commission’s Recommendation on protection, safety and empowerment of journalists

16/09/2021

For the first time, the EU Commission puts media freedom among its priorities and pushes Member States to act consequently

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MFRR: EU action needed to tackle spyware abuses after Pegasus revelations

15/09/2021

As the European Parliament today debates the Pegasus spyware scandal, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) call for an immediate investigation into the alleged use of the spyware against journalists by Hungarian authorities and urge the strong implementation of new EU rules on the export of cyber-surveillance technology around the world

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Urgent solution needed as Slovenian Press Agency funding crisis passes 250 days

08/09/2021

Several media freedom organizations and journlalists' unions call on UKOM and the government of Prime Minister Janša to immediately end the economic suffocation of the STA

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Slovenia: MFRR calls for firm response after storming of public broadcaster RTV

07/09/2021

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today strongly condemn the attack on the Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija (RTVS) by Covid-19 deniers and anti-vaccination protesters last Friday

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GNI Startups Lab Europe

01/09/2021

Created in partnership between the Google News Initiative (GNI), German media innovation hub Media Lab Bayern, and the European Journalism Centre (EJC), the GNI Startups Lab Europe supports high-quality reporting for local communities, single-topic audiences and/or previously underserved communities

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Malta: MFRR concerned over disinformation and discredit campaign

31/08/2021

The MFRR stands in solidarity with the journalists targeted by the recent disinformation and discredit campaign and calls on the Maltese authorities to take decisive measures to protect journalists

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