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CPJ, partners call on European Commission to strengthen rule of law

CPJ joined 31 other organizations in an April 16 statement calling on the European Commission to strengthen its annual rule of law report, which assesses media freedom in European Union member states. The statement said the European Commission “should issue targeted recommendations to mitigate risks to media freedom and pluralism, ensuring a comprehensive and transparent…

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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen addresses the media following a European Union Summit in Brussels on March 20, 2025. (Photo: AFP/John Thys)

European Commission must be ambitious on European Democracy Shield

The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 49 other organizations, sent a letter on March 25 urging the European Commission to adopt an ambitious approach while preparing its draft proposal for the European Democracy Shield. In 2024, the European Commission announced the European Democracy Shield, an EU-led initiative designed to reinforce democracy by addressing foreign…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes President of the European Union Ursula von der Leyen upon her arrival at the G20 Summit in New Delhi in 2023.

CPJ, partners call on European Commission to hold India to account over rights crisis

On February 13, CPJ joined 11 other organizations in calling on the European Commission to step up its engagement with the Indian authorities over human rights, including press freedom, during its upcoming visit to the country. The European Commission is seeking to strengthen its partnership with India, at a time when the government has been…

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CPJ, partners call on European Commission to act on Turkey’s foreign influence agent bill

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday joined 55 partner organizations in a joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, to ask her to act on Turkey’s temporarily shelved foreign “influence agent bill,” which introduces a vaguely defined new offense called “committing a crime against the security or political interests…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks to journalists in Greece in 2023.

CPJ, others condemn EU for ignoring Greece’s press freedom crisis

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 13 other press freedom and human rights organizations on Thursday in criticizing the European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report on Greece for downplaying the deteriorating state of the rule of law in Greece at a time when media freedom faces dire threats. The EU’s annual assessment ignores the…

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Ursula von der Leyen reacts after being chosen President of the European Commission for a second term, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 18.

CPJ calls on EU’s von der Leyen to make press freedom a reality

The Committee to Protect Journalists and 25 partners on Friday wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling on her to make press freedom and journalist safety a priority during her second term and offering recommendations for “durable and long-lasting solutions.” “It is crunch-time for the European Commission to deliver on media freedom…

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The Turkish flag flies at the Consulate General of Turkey in New York on Nov. 17, 2023. (Photo: AP/Richard Drew)

CPJ joins call for new European authorities to support media freedom in Turkey

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 18 press freedom and human rights organizations in a Tuesday statement asking the new European Commission and the new European Parliament to prioritize press freedom and freedom of speech in dealings with Turkey. The signatories asked the European authorities to “provide support, including direct financial grants, to media organizations”…

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The Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, in 2022.

CPJ joins call for EU to prioritize rule of law

CPJ joined 38 other civil society organizations on Wednesday in calling on the European Commission to strengthen its fifth annual rule of law report, which assesses media freedom in European Union member states. With Europe due to vote from June 6 to 9, the 39 groups also called on the new European Commission to prioritize…

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CPJ, partners call on European Commission to act on press freedom in Greece

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday joined 16 partner organizations in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, to ask her to hold the Greek authorities to account for press freedom concerns. CPJ and other organizations recently reported that Greece is the only EU country to currently have two…

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Detention of Evan Gershkovich in Russia: RSF and CPJ call on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to act for the journalist’s release

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) call on the U.N. to intervene with the Russian authorities to secure the release of the Wall Street Journal journalist. New York, May 2—RSF and CPJ formally addressed U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan on May 2,…

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