; and (11) Zimbabwe, where journalists have been banned from covering government meetings, and the legal framework remains harsh; Whereas, in Hungary, the Parliament in December 2023 passed a Russian-inspired national sovereignty law that created a Sovereignty Protection Authority , an institution with the publicly declared objectives of targeting journalists and identifying individuals and organizations that receive foreign funding and which the Authority suspects undermine the country’s national sovereignty, objectives that local media outlets have warned will empower the Authority with the ability to stifle independent journalism supported by overseas donors; Whereas, in Serbia, journalists suffer regular online harassment, smear campaigns, and physical attacks, and the 1999 killing of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija remains unpunished after those formerly convicted for the murder were acquitted; Whereas, in Slovakia, more than 6 years after the brutal killing of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, and despite the hitmen and intermediaries receiving lengthy prison sentences, authorities have been so far unable to convict the alleged mastermind; Whereas, in Greece, authorities have 2 unresolved murders of journalists, and journalists have in recent years been targeted by surveillance, abusive lawsuits, and have experienced physical attacks; Whereas, in Turkey, the Erdogan government maintains one of the world’s most repressive environments for journalists and continues its revolving door policy on detaining journalists, with at least 13 journalists jailed in retaliation for their professional work at the time of CPJ’s most recent prison census on December 1, 2023; Whereas Hatice Duman, the longest imprisoned journalist in Turkey, who has been serving a life sentence on terrorism charges since April 9, 2003, told CPJ in November 2022 that she had little hope for freedom in her retrial, while her continuing retrial has not instigated any changes on the part of the authorities