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Media Defence Intervenes in European Court Case on Media’s Right to Access and Report from Defamation Proceedings
We have filed a third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Gleb Vyacheslavovich Paykachev
The European Court of Human Rights finds Russia Violated Ukrainian Journalist’s Rights at Protest
The European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of the right to freedom of expression in Butkevich v
Call for Applications: East Africa Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Workshop
East Africa Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Workshop 3 – 6 April 2018, Nairobi, Kenya The
What did we learn in 2017?
MLDI is committed to being a transparent and accountable organisation, so we want to share our most important findings from
Detained Journalists in Turkey Should be Immediately Released
Media Defence welcomes the recent decisions of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, finding the detention of journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay
European Court considers Media Defence intervention on “defamation of the dead”
The European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of the right to freedom of expression in MAC TV
Constitutional Court of Montenegro finds failure to investigate violent attack to be a violation of journalist's right to life
The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and Human Rights Action (HRA) welcomes today’s decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro
Introducing Media Defence’s Newest Partner: Human Rights Platform, Ukraine
Ukrainian based NGO, Human Rights Platform (HRP) is one of Media Defence’s newest partners. HRP’s Programme Director, Oleksandra Stepanova, tells
Journalist wins landmark case on Montenegrin authorities’ failure to investigate attacks
In a case supported by the Media Legal Defence Initiative and Human Rights Action, the investigative journalist Tufik Softić has
“An appalling violation of the right to freedom of speech”
Imagine if you woke one day to find that your government had switched off the internet. On 17 January 2017,
Free Expression Organisations Intervene on Cases of Detained Turkish Journalists Before the European Court of Human Rights
Leading freedom of expression organisations have submitted third-party interventions in ten cases against jailed Turkish journalists to which the European
Media Defence supports more new cases in 2017 than ever before
As of mid-September 2017, MLDI has supported 69 new cases in 2017 – this is more than any other year