Media Defence provides legal help to journalists, citizen journalists and independent media across the world.
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.
Reports, Events & Opportunities
Latest Articles
Press Freedom Advocates: Tsvetanka Ivanova
In this edition of Press Freedom Advocates, Media Defence speaks with Tsvetanka Ivanova, a media lawyer based in Sofia, about
Arshad Sharif: Four Years Without Justice
Four years ago, on 23 October 2022, the Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead by Kenyan police at a
Evertsson and Andersson v Sweden: Media Defence intervenes in case concerning criminal sanctions for filming the MS Estonia wreck
On 31 July 2026, Media Defence filed a third-party intervention at the European Court of Human Rights in Evertsson and
Drousiotis v Cyprus: Media Defence intervenes in spyware surveillance case at the European Court of Human Rights
On 9 July 2026, Media Defence filed a third-party intervention at the European Court of Human Rights in Drousiotis v Cyprus(Application
Media Defence files urgent appeal over Viet Nam's kidnapping of Norwegian and Australian human rights defenders
Media Defence has filed an urgent appeal with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the abduction, rendition and
