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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
Media Defence Mourns the Death of Sara Mendiola
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
After Operation W: Mauricio Weibel’s Six-Year Fight for Justice
Six years after Chile’s military intelligence service illegally wiretapped him, a court has convicted the judge and general responsible, in
'Free at last': Zimbabwe High Court quashes criminal charges against editor Faith Zaba over satirical column
A Zimbabwean high court has thrown out criminal charges against Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, and her publisher,
Paris Court of Appeals reopens Ariane Lavrilleux’s case
The French investigative journalist has faced years of legal proceedings following the publication of the ‘Egypt Papers’, an investigation that