We do this by providing financial assistance to pay legal fees, helping to access free legal advice and taking on cases in international courts and supervisory bodies.
The Media Legal Defence Initiative also works to strengthen the capacity of lawyers to defend the rights of the media by supporting education, networking, exchange of information and cooperation opportunities for people working in the field.
The Media Legal Defence Initiative Worldwide
The Media Legal Defence Initiative works in several countries worldwide
- Mexico
- United States
- Peru
- Gambia
- United Kingdom
- European Court of Human Rights (France)
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Botswana
- Zambia
- Lesotho
- Rwanda
- Zimbabwe
- Uganda
- Mozambique
- Kazakhstan
- Sri Lanka
- Russia
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Timor-Leste
Almas Kuzerbaev
Journalist, Kazakhstan.
In April 2008, he published an analytical article in the newspaper Taszhargan, speculating that the rising price of bread and grain was caused by producers selling for a better price abroad than they could get at home.
Francis Tumwekwasize, Timothy Sibasi and Ibrahim Sadik
Journalists, UBS Television, Uganda
They have filed a constitutional petition against the country's Attorney General. The three journalists say that their rights were violated when they were beaten up by local police as they entered the national football stadium.