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The Capture of Kosovo’s Media: Open Letter to Defenders of Press Freedom

Kosovo’s media faces a crisis as investigative journalists are intimidated by organised crime networks. Immediate international action is needed to protect press freedom.

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Dec 15, 2024
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To the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and Reporters Without Borders:

Press freedom in Kosovo stands at a crossroads. Beneath the façade of a free and independent media, a darker reality looms—one where organised crime, corruption, and disinformation intertwine to subvert the very institutions meant to protect democracy. As a journalist with over a decade of experience reporting on conflicts, politics, and human rights, I have watched these developments unfold with increasing alarm.

My name is Vudi Xhymshiti, a London-based Kosovar-British journalist and a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Today, I feel compelled to sound an urgent alarm about the hijacking of Kosovo’s media landscape by individuals and networks with documented ties to organised crime and U.S.-sanctioned figures.

At the centre of this alarming reality is Berat Buzhala, a former politician turned media…

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