Media Defence Annual Report 2025

From Nairobi to London: Media Defence Fellow Sumayyah J. Mokku on Defending Press Freedom in Kenya

Media Defence’s Fellowship Programme supports lawyers working on freedom of expression in deepening their skills, broadening their networks, and connecting with peers across the globe. Our most recent legal fellow,

Hungary: When the GDPR Became a Gag 

How the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union turned a six-year thicket of data-protection cases into a paradigm shift for press freedom  To understand how Europe’s flagship data protection law has been turned into an

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, it brought into sharp relief a legal battle already two

A free press is essential for the protection of human rights.