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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
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