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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
The European Court Considers Media Defence's Joint Intervention in Important Decision on Intermediary Liability
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the claim made, in Tamiz v. UK, by a British politician that
Media Defence Files Intervention at European Court Seeking to Protect Anonymity of Users Online
MLDI has filed a third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Standard Verlagsgesellschaft MbH
Restrictions on parliamentary reporting violates free expression: Media Defence files intervention at European Court
MLDI has filed a third-party intervention in the European Court of Human Rights case of Iván Szabolcs Mándli and Others
Call for Consultants: Researcher to draft legal training manual
The Media Legal Defence Initiative is organising a four-day litigation and advocacy workshop in The Gambia in November 2017, and
Media Defence CEO named OSF New Executives Fund Recipient
The Chief Executive of the Media Legal Defence Initiative, Lucy Freeman, was today named as one of twelve international charity
Evaluation Consultant: Invitation to Tender
MLDI is half way through its 2015-2020 organisational strategy and wants to take this opportunity to ‘take stock’ of how