EU justice ministers agreed on Friday (9 June) on their position regarding the anti-SLAPP draft law aimed at protecting journalists against intimidating lawsuits.

AEJ Belgium joins 43 civil society organisations asking Members of the European Parliament to support a strong Media Freedom Act.

Five years ago today, investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally assassinated in a car bomb attack in Malta. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues. Together with them, we continue to fight for justice.

Twenty five international media freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organisations call on Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote against the bill on “disinformation and fake news,” which was submitted to parliament’s General Assembly on October 4 by the governing

The undersigned organisations, including AEJ Belgium, look forward to continuing to engage with the institutions of the European Union to ensure that the text of the European Media Freedom Act is as robust and effective as possible and helps provide a foundation for generations of journalists to come.

The European Commission is currently finalising the draft proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). We thank the European Commission for taking on this task and the ambition it has to deal with fundamental threats to Europe’s media landscape.

Statement to Members of the European Parliament ahead debate on 10 March: ‘Government’s attempt to silence free media in Poland and in Hungary’.