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April 11, 2024
Media freedom advocates condemn 25 years of impunity for journalist Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder, shot in front of his home in Belgrade, and underscore the urgent need for authorities to act and protect press freedom in Serbia
March 25, 2024
In a letter to Serbian authorities, the International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) joins partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in urging them to address death threats faced by journalists Ana Lalić Hegediš and Dinko Gruhonjić, in Serbia. We are deeply concerned that no decisive action has been taken to conduct a thorough investigation, arrest the perpetrators and provide the journalists with adequate protection.
April 11, 2023
To mark the 24th anniversary of the murder of Serbian editor and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, international press freedom organisations are today visiting Belgrade to renew our calls for justice and issue fresh warnings about the current climate for the safety of journalists.
April 11, 2023
24 years on from Serbian editor/publisher Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder, press freedom groups demand justice and for journalists to be protected.
March 16, 2023
Serbian editor Slavko Ćuruvija was killed in 1999. Conviction of high-level officials will show that crimes against journalists don't escape accountability.
December 2, 2022
The prosecution asked Switzerland for help after an anonymous threat was sent via Swiss-based Protonmail to Serbian newspaper Danas warning it could “end up like Charlie Hebdo”, the French magazine whose staff were massacred.
September 23, 2022
Albanian authorities must protect public interest journalism and lift the reporting ban on a massive data leak.
September 13, 2022
A group of media freedom and freedom of expression organisations and journalist unions and associations are concerned by the defamation lawsuit filed against journalist Isa Myzyraj.
July 7, 2022
Seven NGOs warn that arbitrary restrictions may seriously affect the Albanian media’s ability to carry out their watchdog role. The government’s decision is emblematic of the obstruction of free and independent journalism in Albania, which ranks 103rd in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index, dropping annually by 20 places.