Demonstrators hold "on sale" signs in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally against education reform in Athens on January 18, 2024. CPJ recently joined seven other international press freedom organizations in a joint report on declining press freedom in Greece. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

CPJ presents joint report on declining press freedom in Greece

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined seven other international press freedom organizations on Tuesday in a joint report after a mission to Athens in September 2023.

The report concluded that Greece is the only EU country to currently have two open cases of impunity for the murder of journalists, and almost no other country in the EU has experienced such a high number of physical attacks which endanger the safety of journalists in the last few years.

The organizations called on Greek authorities to make a clear demonstration of political commitment to improve press freedom in the country and take specific measures in compliance with European standards to renew the trust of the media community.

Read the full report here.