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[NOW CLOSED] Call for Applications: Europe Litigation Surgery
Application Deadline: April 15th, 2026 Date: June 8th – 11th, 2026 Location: Budapest, Hungary Media Defence invites applications from lawyers
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
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
Case Challenging Impunity in the Killing of Journalist Léo Veras Reaches the IACHR Six Years After His Death
UPDATE | 25 June 2026: The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined the petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
Seis años después del asesinato del periodista Léo Veras, su caso llega a la CIDH ante la falta de justicia
ACTUALIZACIÓN | 25 de junio de 2026: El Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas se ha sumado a la
French Court of Appeal Dismisses Surgeon’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Marsactu and Mediapart
Khadija Ismayilova Secures Win against Azerbaijan at European Court
The European Court of Human Rights has found that the criminal conviction of Khadija Ismayilova, a renowned Azeri journalist and
Cameroon Court Reduces 10-Year Sentence Against Journalist Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka
Urgent Action needed to End Solitary Confinement of Journalist Lê Đình Lượng
Lượng is currently being held in Nam Ha prison, serving the eighth year of a 20-year sentence that the UN
Seeking Justice for the Death of Cameroonian Journalist Samuel Wazizi
Media Defence has filed a claim against Cameroon at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in the case of Cameroonian journalist,
Thailand’s Ongoing Criminalisation of Investigative Journalist Chutima Sidasathian
This article forms part of our Human Rights Day Series, highlighting three urgent cases we are supporting to underscore the
Danileţ v. Romania: Sanction against Judge over Facebook posts held to Violate Freedom of Expression by ECtHR Grand Chamber
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has held that a disciplinary sanction imposed on the applicant,