News

News related to press and media freedom

Media freedom groups call on Slovakia’s Parliament to reject public broadcasting bill

10/06/2024

Critics warn: proposed law could seriously undermine the independence of public media. Journalists and media freedom groups are urging Slovakia’s MPs to reject the proposed public service broadcasting bill scheduled for parliamentary review this week. Despite recent amendments to the bill, the new structure would lead to the politicization of the broadcaster in breach of the European Media Freedom Act.

read more

Croatia: SafeJournalists and MFRR partners express full solidarity and support to Hrvoje Zovko in further legal battle

07/06/2024

Following the decision of the Supreme Court to overturn the the previous verdicts on the case involving Hrvoje Zovko and the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), media freedom organisations show full support to the Croatian journalist in his appeal to the Constitutional Court

read more

Germany: journalist Ignacio Rosaslanda was physically assaulted by police while covering a police operation

03/06/2024

The undersigned international media freedom, free expression, and journalist organisations call on the German authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the physical attack by Berlin police on Mexican video journalist Ignacio Rosaslanda while he was covering a police operation.

read more

Romania: Super election year calls for press freedom assessment

30/05/2024

Upcoming mission of European media freedom consortium to evaluate concerns

read more

SafeJournalists network, MFRR partners, and Coalition for Media Freedom condemn continuing pressures and attacks on journalists in Serbia

30/05/2024

The SafeJournalists network, Media Freedom Rapid Response partners, and Coalition for Media Freedom condemn the growing pressure on Serbian journalists, recently exemplified by a physical attack on journalist Vuk Cvijić, and the demand for prison sentences for the journalists of the media outlets KRIK and Pištaljka. We call on the authorities to prioritise addressing the rise in attacks against the press and to genuinely commit to improving the safety of journalists

read more

SafeJournalists and MFRR Condemn Two Decades of Impunity in Case of murder of Duško Jovanović

27/05/2024

On the 20th anniversary of the murder of Montenegrin journalist Duško Jovanović, OBCT joins partners in the SafeJournalists Network and the Media Freedom Rapid Response in calling for stronger action from the authorities

read more

Urgent action is needed to address the financial deadlock facing Radio-Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina

27/05/2024

Today the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) express concern at the critical financial situation facing Radio-Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT)

read more

SafeJournalists and MFRR partners: Death Threats to Editorial of Weekly Magazine Nacional in Croatia

24/05/2024

OBCT joins partners in the SafeJournalists Network and the Media Freedom Rapid Response in urging Croatian institutions to immediately respond to the death threats addressed to the weekly magazine Nacional

read more

Silencing the Fourth Estate: Italy’s democratic drift

21/05/2024

Media freedom coalition sounds the alarm on political meddling and legal threats to journalism

Also available in ITA

read more

Bosnia and Herzegovina: authorities must urgently break the deadlock facing public broadcasters and solve the financial problems

16/05/2024

Following the temporary interruption of the TV and radio programmes of the RTV Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8 May 2024, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners denounce irresponsible political management, which directly violates citizens’ right to freedom of information.

read more