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
Upcoming Webinar | Disconnected Justice: The Non-Implementation of Internet Shutdown Judgments
September 28, 2026 1:30 PM UK / 1:30 PM Nigeria / 7:30 AM Colombia / 8:30 AM New York /
Introducing Breaking Ground: A New Impact Series from Media Defence
Media Defence is launching Breaking Ground, a new Impact Series that explores how our work, and that of our partners,
"When the legal process itself becomes the punishment": Bojana Davitkovska on defending journalists in North Macedonia
Bojana Davitkovska has spent years defending journalists and media outlets in North Macedonia, working alongside Media Lawyer Filip Medarski, whose
Remembering Courageous Investigative Journalist Chutima Sidasathian
We are deeply saddened by the death of Dr Chutima “Oi” Sidasathian, the Thai journalist who dedicated her career to
Challenging Peru's Anti-NGO Law: The Fight For Independent Journalism
*The interview in this article was carried out in early 2025, and has been reused for this piece as it
Partner Impact Report 2025: Supporting on the Ground Legal Defence for Journalists
Funded Partner ProgrammeImpact 2025 Stronger Together: Working with Funded Partners in 2025 Established in 2009 our Funded Partner programme supports