US EditionAlbania: Amendments to Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation
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Albania: Amendments to Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined media freedom and journalist groups in stressing that recent amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code, though positive, must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation. The amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code approved on 21 January 2026 by the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs and Public Administration, which if passed into law, would represent important steps fo…
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European Centre for Press and Media FreedomAmendments to Albania’s Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation
Amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation The undersigned organisations of the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today stress that recent amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code, though positive, must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation. 27.01.2026 Our organisations w…
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