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[NOW CLOSED] Call for Applications: Southern African Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery
Call for Applications Southern African Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery 26-30 August 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa
Two Colombian Officials Sentenced to 30 and 40 Years for Crimes Committed Against Jineth Bedoya
On 6 May 2019, Alejandro Cárdenas Orozco and Jesús Emiro Pereira Rivera were sentenced to 30 and 40 years respectively
[NOW CLOSED] Call for Applications: West Africa Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery
Call for Applications: West Africa Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery 1 – 5 July 2019 in Accra,
Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West, and Southern Africa
Media Defence has published a new report, Mapping digital rights and freedom of expression in East, West and Southern Africa.
Italian Investigative Journalist Acquitted of Unfounded Libel Charges
A Rome court has acquitted freelance investigative journalist Raffaella Cosentino of aggravated libel. The charges were brought against her for
Free Speech Organisations Submit Amicus Brief in Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case on Criminal Defamation
Media Defence and seven other free speech organisations have today filed an amicus brief before the Inter-American Court of Human
Preliminary Opinion from Court of Justice of the European Union in Google v CNIL case about the right to be forgotten affirms the need to protect freedom of expression
On 10 January 2019, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a landmark
European Court of Human Rights Finds Azerbaijan Violated the Rights of Investigative Journalist Khadija Ismayilova
On 10 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of award-winning Azerbaijani
Leading Media Law and Journalism Organisations Announce New Legal Support for Fact-checkers
Fact-checkers around the world are under threat. However, from today, fact-checkers will be able to access legal support and resources
[NOW CLOSED] Call for Applications: East Africa Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery
Call for Applications East Africa Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery (Legal Workshop) 8 – 12 April
Capacity Building: New report on the Impact of Media Defence’s Partner Grants
We recently carried out an impact assessment of our capacity building programme to support National Media Defence Centres across the
Third Party Intervention in ‘Foreign Agent Law’ Case Before the ECtHR
Media Defence has filed a third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of