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Media Defence Files 2 Amicus Briefs at the European Court of Human Rights addressing the dangers of SLAPPs

Media Defence has filed written submissions as a third-party intervener in two separate cases currently before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), each raising

March 5, 2026

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Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora Released to House Arrest After More than Three Years in Arbitrary Detention

Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, founder of the now-defunct independent newspaper el Periódico, was released to house arrest

March 2, 2026

Case Challenging Impunity in the Killing of Journalist Léo Veras Reaches the IACHR Six Years After His Death

On the sixth anniversary of the killing of Brazilian journalist Lourenço “Léo” Veras, the Institute for Environmental Law and Economics

February 12, 2026

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French Court of Appeal Dismisses Surgeon’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Marsactu and Mediapart

February 6, 2026

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Khadija Ismayilova Secures Win against Azerbaijan at European Court

January 27, 2026

Kingsley Njoka with his lawyer Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus, friends and family, upon his release

Cameroon Court Reduces 10-Year Sentence Against Journalist Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka

January 21, 2026

Urgent Action needed to End Solitary Confinement of Journalist Lê Đình Lượng

January 21, 2026

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Seeking Justice for the Death of Cameroonian Journalist Samuel Wazizi

January 7, 2026

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Thailand’s Ongoing Criminalisation of Investigative Journalist Chutima Sidasathian

December 17, 2025