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The “National Security Concept” approved by Latvian parliament constitutes a threat to Russian media in exile and exposes Russian speakers to disinformation and propaganda. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other press freedom organisations call on the Latvian government to reconsider their proposal and launch an open debate in the interests of safeguarding media freedom.

A number of international media freedom and journalists' organisations have expressed extreme concern about government proposals to ban the broadcast of Russian language content on Latvian public service media. According to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), on September 28 the Latvian parliament approved the ‘National Security Concept’ a government-backed policy planning document. It states that…

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has joined international journalism organisations in sounding the alarm over Latvia’s plans to remove the Russian language from public sector broadcasting, even though it is the mother tongue of one third of its 1.8 million population. “We are concerned that this new proposal will mean Russian speakers in Latvia will …

The EBU is joining other international media organizations in condemning government proposals to ban the broadcast of Russian language content on Latvian public service media

The undersigned international media freedom and journalists' organisations, including the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) are extremely concerned by Latvian government proposals to ban the broadcast of Russian language content on Latvian public service media.