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What We Do
Emergency Defence
We fund legal defence for journalists and independent media across the world.
Strategic Litigation
We take on strategic cases to promote and improve media freedom.
Capacity Building
We build local legal capacity to defend journalists through legal training and by funding local legal centres to defend journalists.
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Launch of online information sessions: “Legal protection of press cartoonists”
Together with Cartooning for Peace, we are pleased to announce the launch of information sessions designed specifically for cartoonists, as part of the project "Support to the Legal Protection of press cartoonists" administrated by the Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF) managed by UNESCO. The main objective of the project is to improve the legal protection…
Convocatoria: Clínica de litigio en libertad de expresión para México, América Central y el Caribe
Media Defence abre convocatoria para la participación de abogados y abogadas que trabajan en México, América Central y el Caribe en su clínica de litigio en libertad de expresión. Las personas escogidas recibirán materiales de aprendizaje en línea y después formarán parte de una mesa de trabajo de cuatro días. Quienes participen formarán parte activa…
UN body finds Cameroon journalist unlawfully detained and tortured
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) has published an Opinion holding Cameroon responsible for unlawfully detaining prominent investigative journalist and blogger Tsi Conrad. On 8 December 2016, Mr Conrad was arrested in Bamenda while filming a protest held by the ruling political party, the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM). He was arrested at…
Digital Rights Advocates: Interview with Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe
Introducting Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe met Media Defence through a client and journalist whom he was assisting with a defamation case. He attended the Southern Africa litigation surgery in 2019, and since then has continued to collaborate by attending the Internet Governance Forum, and our recent peer to peer learning event for lawyers…
Craig Newmark Philanthropies renews its support
We are delighted to announce that Craig Newmark Philanthropies has presented us with an award of $200,000. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to support even more journalists, citizen journalists and media outlets around the world. Moreover, it will enable us to continue challenging those laws that are exploited to supress freedom of…
We are recruiting for a Trustee
Media Defence is recruiting a new trustee. The Board of Trustees is jointly and severally responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of Media Defence, and for its financial health. It is the responsibility of the trustees to further the organisation whilst keeping within its charitable objectives. To supplement the range of skills and…