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
The Anti-Picket Protocol: Damián Loreti on How Argentina's Press Union is Fighting Back
When Argentine security forces fired a tear gas grenade at a photojournalist covering a Buenos Aires protest in March 2025,
Rwandan Journalist Aimable Karasira Uzaramba Dies on Day of Scheduled Release from Prison
Media Defence is deeply concerned by the death of Rwandan YouTuber and former university lecturer Aimable Karasira Uzaramba, who died under suspicious circumstances on 7 May 2026 — the
Brazil: The law has become a weapon against a free press
This is an English translation of an article published in Folha de S.Paulo on May 3, 2026, for World Press
Supporting Partners in Volatile Press Environments: Media Policy Institute, Kyrgyzstan
This interview is from our 2025 Annual Impact Report Press freedom in Kyrgyzstan has deteriorated sharply over the past two
Supporting Partners in Volatile Press Environments: In Conversation with Digital Rights Nepal
This interview is from our 2025 Annual Impact Report In 2025, Nepal’s democratic crisis unfolded both online and in the