As SafeJournalists Network, together with the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Albanian media freedom organisations, we initiated and sent an open letter to the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Niko Peleshi.
In the letter, we raise serious concerns over proposals by the parliamentary majority to restrict journalists’ access to Parliament. Reported changes include abolishing independent filming in the plenary chamber in favor of a single official feed and limiting media interactions with MPs to a designated “doorstep” area.
We warn that such restrictions would reduce accountability, deprive the public of independent access to information, and represent a major setback for press freedom. We stress that Parliament remains one of the few spaces where journalists can directly question political representatives, as government officials and majority MPs rarely hold press conferences or participate in independent debates.
Find out the full content of the open letter and the measures proposed by the SJN and partners to safeguard journalists’ access to Parliament avaiable here.
