1、MAPPING MEDIA FREEDOMMONITORING REPORT2025By ECPMF-EFJ-IPIMAPPING MEDIA FREEDOM2Monitoring Report|2025The Media Freedom Rapid Response(MFRR)tracks,monitors and reacts to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.This project provides legal and practical suppor
2、t,public advocacy and information to protect journalists and media workers.The MFRR is organised by an alliance led by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom(ECPMF)including ARTICLE 19 Europe,the European Federation of Journalists(EFJ),Free Press Unlimited(FPU),International Press Institute
3、(IPI)and CCI/Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa(OBC Transeuropa).The project commenced in 2020 and is funded by the European Commission.www.mfrr.eu Co-funded by the European Union.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s)only and do not necessarily reflect those of the Eu
4、ropean Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency(EACEA).Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.Cover photo:A journalist covers a protest by residents in Novi Sad,Serbia,on November 17,2025.picture alliance/NurPhoto|Maxim Konankov3Monitor
5、ing Report|2025TABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive summary.5Introduction.6Media freedom issues and trends.8Types of attacks:killed,injured,arrested,and threatened with death.9Perpetrators:government and public officials as a major concern.10Contexts of incidents:from online abuse to real-world threats.11Spot
6、light on the European Union.12Spotlight on candidate countries.15Thematic analysis .18Four journalists killed in 2025:impunity persists as a major press freedom threat.18The toxic impact of foreign agent laws and narratives on media freedom.21SLAPPs and legal attacks as powerful tools to silence pub