Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/05/2025
16:30 - 18:30
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
We are pleased to invite you to a special panel hosted by the International Press Institute (IPI)
as part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations, titled “
Autocrats Unleashed: Defending Free Journalism Amid Rising Authoritarianism and Declining Accountability.”
The panel will be held on May 5 at 4:30 PM at the Press Club Brussels Europe.
Independent journalism across Europe faces a wide range of threats, including media capture, impunity for crimes against journalists, threats to journalists’ safety, vexatious lawsuits, smear campaigns, illegal spyware and increasingly restrictive legislation on content and funding.
We are bringing together journalists and press freedom experts from Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey, Georgia, and Serbia to address these challenges to media freedom head on.
We will explore the role of international advocacy, examine some of the tools being developed under the EU’s Democracy Shield, and discuss how the international community can act collectively to safeguard media freedoms.
You can read more about the event here and sign up here.
Feel free to reach out at any time if you have questions.
Looking forward to meeting you in Brussels!
Oliver Money-Kyrle
Head of European Advocacy International Press Institute
GSM: +32473973837
@ollymk