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PMA welcomes a number of revisions to the SBC Act. However, key weaknesses in the legislation remain which require further assurances.

PMA supports the SBC’s board in calling for a reflection on a new bill which looks to overhaul the public broadcaster’s governance system.

PMA has joined members of GFMD & IFEX in condemning the Zambian government’s decision to force the last-minute cancellation of RightsCon 2026.

EU PSM are gathering to discuss the gradual normalisation of interference in public media affairs that endangers PSM independence in Europe.

PMA has joined others in calling for the reform of Albania's public media, RTSH, through democratic, lawful and institutional means. 

The President of Ghana recently expressed a desire to move away from the current licence fee to an alternative funding model for GBC.

As the EU considers reviewing the Broadcasting Communication, PMA calls for the protection of core principles for independent public media.

PMA's CEO joins more than 100 global media leaders in a call for urgent unrestricted access to Gaza for international journalists.

PMA joins call for UN to commit to greater access to information, media freedom, and public-interest journalism in the Pact for the Future.

Read the collective call for action as PMA and 41 other organisations urge the Media Freedom Coalition to protect journalists in Gaza.