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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Brussels / Gaza: International Federation of Journalists today launching the Palestinian Media Support Fund. Critical support needed for journalists on the ground. The Palestinian media community must be given the protection, space and means to survive.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Latvia are blocking EU action on Gaza. Our efforts as a press freedom community need to be with journalists and activists in these countries. We need full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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Still no EU action on Israel, despite Gaza famine

Israel will not face any EU sanctions despite creating famine in Gaza, massacring 63,000 people, and declaring the end of the two-state solution.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers will discuss Gaza tomorrow in Copenhagen. They all know the horror that is taking place. The EU can have significant influence over Israel by partially or fully suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement. It must act. cpj.org/wp-content/u...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Serbia: disturbing report from OCCRP about the government allegedly seeking to silence an independent media outlet covering the protests. www.occrp.org/en/news/audi.... With constant threats and attacks against journalists, press freedom in Serbia is getting worse each week.

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Audio Recording Reveals United Group and Telekom Srbija CEOs Discussing Undermining Serbian Broadcaster

The CEOs discussed removing the chief executive of a United Group subsidiary that owns N1, a Serbian TV channel that has documented nine months of anti-government protests.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Press freedom activists now meeting in Brussels to denounce killings of journalists in Palestine and call for an end to impunity. Failure of the EU to stand up to Israel is a shameful stain on the bloc’s human rights record.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The Slovak Spectator reports on the Slovakia entry for the US State Department’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Now that the EU's European Media Freedom Act is in force, and the recess is over, does the European Commission have remedial action in mind? spectator.sme.sk/politics-and...

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US blasts Slovakia over media freedom backsliding - The Slovak Spectator

US blasts Slovakia over media freedom backsliding

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

CPJ and others have written to PM Mitsotakis about media reforms in Greece. cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-... The letter notes the persistence of serious concerns. The authorities now need to respond in a way which builds trust amongst everyone in the journalist community that real change will happen.

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CPJ, other groups urge Greece to create national plan to fight press attacks - Committee to Protect Journalists

On July 16, CPJ and nine other organizations wrote to the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about reforms needed to address ongoing media freedom concerns in the country. The letter notes the ...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

CPJ welcomes Tuesday’s order to release Atlanta-based Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara, who was arrested while livestreaming a protest in an Atlanta suburb on June 14, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, on bond. Read more⤵️ cpj.org/2025/07/atla...

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Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · 19/06/2025

🟥 The @europarl.europa.eu adopted a resolution condemning the detention of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli (Batumelebi&Netgazeti co-founder) as politically motivated. It calls for her immediate release, denounces media crackdown in #Georgia & urges sanctions on those responsible. #FreeMzia

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Join CPJ’s EU deputy advocacy director Tom Gibson for a panel, “Fighting spyware – Journalism, litigation and policy after the Pegasus Scandal,” about how collective action across journalism, civil society + legal actors can push back against spyware use. 🗓️6/18 | 2:30-4PM CET

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Fighting spyware - Journalism, litigation and policy after the Pegasus Scandal - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi, ECNL and Lighthouse Reports are excited to launch a series of online sessions to facilitate collaboration and information sharing between journalists and civil society.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Today’s letter by CPJ to Commission President von der Leyen and High Representative Kallas requesting the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in advance of the Foreign Affairs Council on June 23. The EU has leverage and it must uphold international law. cpj.org/2025/06/cpj-...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

More than 120 global leaders of news and press freedom organizations call on world leaders, governments, and international institutions to act immediately to ensure journalists from outside Gaza are given immediate, independent access. cpj.org/2025/06/cpj-...

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CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, June 5, 2025—More than 120 global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments, and international institutions on Thursday to act immediately to ensur...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Journalism in Europe is in crisis. Disinformation is threatening our democratic processes. It is good that Brussels is intervening with the upcoming European Democracy Shield. But existing EU press freedom reforms need 1) political will from member states, and 2)financing. cpj.org/2025/05/eu-m...

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EU must make media reforms a reality in European Democracy Shield - Committee to Protect Journalists

May 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the European Commission to call on member states to provide both financing and political will to defend media freedom as it moves forward with i...

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Jean-Paul Marthoz @jpmarthoz.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A group of Jewish UK journalists have issued a call for Israel and Egypt to allow foreign media into Gaza. "To suggest that the safety of journalists cannot be guaranteed is not a reason to deny access. These risks are for them to manage" pressgazette.co.uk/news/robert-... @at-tgibson.bsky.social

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Robert Peston leads Jewish journalists' call for media access into Gaza

Robert Peston leads new open letter urging access for foreign journalists into Gaza through Israel and Egypt.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Heart-breaking report on children in Gaza. Journalists should play a key role in bringing these stories to the outside world; yet international journalists are blocked from entering. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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BBC returns to Gaza baby left hungry by Israeli blockade

Malnourished five-month-old baby Siwar is now out of hospital in Gaza - but as we found, she and her family are struggling.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Yesterday’s decision to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement is way too late. A review must now be carried out swiftly and EU member states must be ready to finally hold Israel to account for its unprecedented attack on press freedom and abuses of international law. cpj.org/2025/05/eu-d...

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EU decision on Israel must turn into action, CPJ says - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, May 20, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Tuesday’s decision by European Union foreign ministers to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which sets out the EU’s legal...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Editors, newsroom leaders protest against Hungary's soon to be adopted 'foreign agent' law, first of its kind imitating Russia legislation law in an EU country. 85 editors-in-chief and publishing executives from 22 countries: 444.hu/2025/05/20/k...

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Közös nyilatkozatban tiltakozik az „átláthatósági” törvény ellen 22 ország 85 főszerkesztője és kiadóvezetője

Olyan nagy médiumok vezetői is aláírták a kiállást, mint a brit Guardian, az osztrák ORF vagy a lengyel Gazeta Wyborcza.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The EPP should feel shame that Italian victims of spyware cannot be represented in the European Parliament. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/.... Victims should always be centre of the debate.

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Spyware victims not allowed to testify at MEP event

Victims of mercenary spyware were not allowed to give testimony in the European Parliament's civil liberties committee.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Brussels folks: Come to the CPJ event “Fast and Furious: The U.S. Crackdown on Press Freedom Amidst Global Autocracy” where we review the first 100 days of Trump and its global ramifications. Brussels Press Club 12:30. Lunch at midday for those who RSVP. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Fast and Furious: The U.S. Crackdown on Press Freedom Amidst Global Autocracy

Join the Committee to Protect Journalists for a discussion providing insights into what is happening in the U.S. and how it aligns with other countries where autocratic leaders have diminished the pre...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thank you to Commissioner McGrath for providing the welcome address for the Council of Europe Journalist Safety Platform Annual Report. This support for press freedom is needed more than ever. audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/corporatepla...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Press freedom backsliding in Europe -what can be done? Join us at the Council of Europe Journalist Safety Platform annual report launch: tomorrow, Brussels, at 10:00 (CET). Online participation possible. fom.coe.int/en/pagesspec...

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Council of Europe Journalist Safety Platform partners (including Committee to Protect Journalists) met CoE Secretary General @alain-berset.coe.int today. We discussed the need to maintain pressure on member states to avoid backsliding and measures to protect the press. Needed now more than ever.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The European Commission is seeking to strengthen its partnership with India, at a time when the government has been systematically weakening the country’s independent institutions and escalating a crackdown on press freedom. cpj.org/2025/02/cpj-... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu Make our asks your asks.

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Alexandra Geese @alexandrageese.eurosky.social · 30/01/2025

Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say. Letter to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu urges European Commission not to weaken enforcement of #DSA and #DMA: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... cc @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

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Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say

Letter to Ursula von der Leyen urges European Commission not to weaken enforcement of DSA and DMA

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The EU must be ready to fight increasing human rights violations, MEPs say: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... I could not agree more. The EEAS @eudiplomacy.bsky.social has to step up on press freedom. We live in difficult times. We need effective leadership.

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The EU must be ready to fight increasing human rights violations, MEPs say | News | European Parliament

On Thursday, MEPs from the Committee on Foreign affairs adopted the annual report 2024 on human rights and democracy in the world and EU policy.

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Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Today, it is the EU Foreign Affairs Council. At the Committee to Protect Journalists, we are calling for EU foreign ministers and leaders to push for media access and justice after the Gaza ceasefire. Otherwise they should suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-...

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CPJ calls on EU to ensure media access and justice after Gaza ceasefire - Committee to Protect Journalists

Brussels, January 24, 2025–European Union officials and foreign ministers must seize the opportunity provided by the Gaza ceasefire at January 27’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting to ensure that a fre...

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The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation @daphne.foundation · 24/01/2025

The Maltese State failed Daphne in life & is now failing her in death. Almost 8 years on, justice for her murder has not been delivered. The bomb that killed her was a warning: Malta's justice system is failing the victims of organised crime. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia

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