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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
Petition Filed at the UNWGAD on Behalf of Jailed Journalist and Activist Lê Đình Lượng
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI, now Media Defence) has filed a Petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary
Travel Bans: a Quiet Repression
Azeri journalist Kamran Mahmudov is taking his country to the European Court of Human Rights over unexplained travel restrictions which
[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 14 – 18 January 2019, Johannesburg,
Illustrating Freedom of Expression Competition
Pictures tell a thousand words and we need your help to draw them. Our illustration competition is an artistic challenge:
Arbitrary Detention of Journalists in Vietnam
According to the most recent Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Index, Vietnam is ranked number 175 out of 180 countries
East African Court overturns Tanzania’s newspaper ban
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has handed down an important decision for freedom of expression in general, and