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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
The chilling effect of torture
Today marks 31 years since the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Keeping the channels open: reflections on the importance of freedom of expression online
Recently, we’ve seen governments across the world introduce legislation that is incompatible with international human rights standards and imposes prohibitive
Call for Applications: West Africa Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights Litigation Workshop
Call for Applications: West Africa Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights Litigation Workshop 3 – 7 September in Lagos, Nigeria
Media Defence Intervenes Before European Court in Important Environmental Journalism Case
Media Defence and ARTICLE 19 have filed an intervention before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case
UPDATE: ECOWAS Court delivers landmark decision in one of our strategic cases challenging the laws used to silence and intimidate journalists in the Gambia
On 14 February 2018, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delivered a landmark
European Court finds that Turkish journalists’ detention amounted to unjustified interference with right to freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights today handed down judgment in two high profile cases against Turkey relating to the