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Bulgaria: Mission to examine media freedom and independent journalism

23/09/2025

OBCT joins international coalition for media freedom mission to Bulgaria

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Denmark: MFRR partners oppose introduction of new state-funded media Ombudsperson

19/09/2025

MFRR partners urge the Danish government to reject the proposed state-funded Media Ombudsperson, warning it risks undermining press freedom

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Open Letter on Improving Journalists’ Access to the Albanian Parliament

19/09/2025

MFRR partners and free expression organizations urge the Albanian Parliament to drop plans restricting journalists’ access and to protect media freedom

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Ukraine: Demand for justice from Russia one year after death of Victoria Roshchyna

19/09/2025

September 19 marks one year since the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, MFRR partners remember Victoria and demand justice for her death from Russian authorities

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Georgia: Media Freedom groups condemn latest attacks on journalists by ruling party activists and police

11/09/2025

The undersigned media freedom, journalists’, and freedom of expression organizations strongly condemn the recent physical and verbal attacks on independent media by activists of the Georgian Dream ruling party and a police officer

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Media freedom groups welcome Google fine and call on EU to break up the tech giant’s digital advertising monopoly

11/09/2025

OBCT joins MFRR partenrs in urging the EU to intensify action against Google after its €2.95 billion fine for anti-competitive AdTech practices

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Turkey: MFRR partners condemn Turkey’s broadcast regulator’s decision to silence TELE1

04/09/2025

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the five-day broadcast blackout imposed on TELE1 since September 1, and the escalating use of censorship sanctions by RTÜK, Turkey’s broadcast regulator, against independent critical media outlets. We urge authorities to stop targeting critical and opposing views and uphold media pluralism in line with democratic standards.

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Ten demands for maintaining media freedom in Czechia

04/09/2025

Media freedom is the cornerstone of every democratic society. Independent journalism, together with media literacy and free access to information, is the best prevention against disinformation. In the run-up to the Czech parliamentary elections on 3 and 4 October 2025, the undersigned organisations therefore propose to political parties specific steps to protect these values

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Serbia: MFRR partners warn against attempt to seize political control of last remaining independent TV stations N1 and Nova

04/09/2025

OBCT and MFRR partners warn of political interference in United Group media in Serbia

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Albania: Media freedom groups write to authorities over Focus Media Group obstruction

25/08/2025

OBCT joined MFRR partners and other media freedom and journalist organisations in signing an open letter to the Albanian authorities, expressing growing concern over the ongoing obstruction of journalistic work following the recent police blockade of the Focus Media Group building in Tirana and the failure to comply with a recent court ruling

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