Free Legal Support for Italian Journalists and Bloggers

MLDI and Ossigeno per l’Informazione have established the “Sportello Legale di Ossigeno”, a fund to provide free legal support to Italian journalists and bloggers. For more information and how to apply for support see: http://bit.ly/1KPcfnQ.

Media Legal Defence Initiative e Ossigeno per l’informazione hanno aperto lo “Sportello Legale di Ossigeno” per fornire assistenza legale gratuita a giornalisti che sono gravati da procedimenti giudiziari. Leggi di più: http://bit.ly/1KPcfnQ.

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Chile Jails Judge and General Who Spied on Journalist Mauricio Weibel 

The below is a translation of Spanish Press Release written by Mauricio Weibel Barahona. In what press freedom organisations are calling an unprecedented ruling, a court has convicted a judge

Decisión fue adoptada por la justicia chilena 

Leer en inglés aquí Por primera vez en la historia del mundo, un tribunal condena a un juez y un general por espiar a un periodista. La sentencia inapelable fue dictada luego de seis años

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 day of his scheduled release following a five-year sentence.  The Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) stated that Karasira died at

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