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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LITIGATION WORKSHOP JOHANNESBURG 16 – 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the Southern
Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu released
On 9 July, Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu was released from prison, a year ahead of her scheduled release date. She
Phuketwan Editor Considers the Verdict on Rohingya Abuses and Media Freedom
The editor and a journalist for Thai news website Phuketwan, Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian, are about to go
Swaziland Supreme Court Releases Editor and Lawyer
On 30 June 2015, the Supreme Court in Swaziland ordered that human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, and magazine editor, Bheki
Viet Nam Releases Dissident Lawyer
Blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan was released on Saturday after serving a 30-month sentence in a Vietnamese
Manual on European Defamation Law
The Media Legal Defence Initiative and the International Press Institute have today published a powerful new tool for defending the
In fear of cartoons
The January and February 2015 shootings in Denmark and France in which cartoonists, journalists, a film maker, police officers and
Media Defence Intervenes in Pivotal Privacy Case
Years after French, German and English media revealed that Monaco’s reigning monarch, Prince Albert II, had an illegitimate child, the
Call for Malaysian authorities to drop charges against cartoonist Zunar
The Media Legal Defence Initiative joins Article 19, English PEN, Index on Censorship and PEN International in calling on the
Burundi Journalists' Union v Attorney-General of Burundi: a positive judgment in the midst of a crisis
On 15 May 2015, the East African Court of Justice (the “EACJ”) delivered its judgment in Burundi Journalists Union
Lost in the Web: Navigating the Legal Maze Online
A few weeks ago in Berlin, I spoke at re:publica about threats to free speech online such as technical censorship,
To Be or Not to Be Anonymous: How Should Bloggers Decide?
Should you be anonymous online? If you were giving advice to a blogger, independent journalist, or online activist on