From 31 August to 2 September, an international delegation of civil society organisations visited Istanbul to demonstrate solidarity with writers, journalists, and media outlets in Turkey
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is backing the urgent call of his affiliates in Turkey, demanding the immediate release of Turkish journalists Cemil Ugur and Halil Ibrahim Polat
In Sarajevo a two day workshop promoted by OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
An investigation by the Prishtina-based website Insajderi.com has lead to the resignation of Adem Grabovci, chief of Kosovo’s ruling parliamentary group
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, on the 23rd of August condemned the attack on the premises of Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) in Prishtinë/Priština
The Association of Professional Journalists (APJ) in Albania together with a coalition of journalists’ organisations called on the Albanian Parliament to withdraw a provision in an anti-corruption law that would threaten media freedom