Albania: Request to drop initiative on amendment of media laws
Dear Prime Minister Edi Rama,
Dear Minister of Justice Etilda Gjonaj,
Copy: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe Office in Tirana, Delegation of the European Union to Albania
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I'm writing to you on behalf the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and PEN International regarding the initiative of your government to amend the media legislation in your country and the procedure that was followed.
Your government has proposed the following major changes in media regulation: state regulation of online media and compulsory registration of online media.1…