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  German courts breached German newspaper Bild’s right to freedom of expression when they banned further publication of an article

We have previously looked at how criminal libel and national security laws are increasingly being used to silence journalists. The

The reporting of stories relating to national security has been a concern for governments around the world for many years,

The Media Legal Defence Initiative has filed a brief with the European Court of Human Rights asking it to respect

On 28 May, the Rwandan High Court acquitted radio presenter Epaphrodite Habarugira of charges of “minimising the genocide” and spreading

In its judgment of 28 November 2013 in the case of Österreichische Vereinigung zur Erhaltung, Stärkung und Schaffung eines wirtschaftlich

MLDI has filed an intervention in the case of Marcel Granier and others vs. Venezuela, before the Inter-American Court of

  The Supreme Court’s interim order dated 17.9.2012 ordering the blocking of the offensive video “Innocence of Muslims” on the

Twenty months after YouTube was blocked by the Pakistani government, the High Court of Lahore held yesterday that YouTube should

On World Press Freedom Day 2014, MLDI has petitioned the United Nations and African Union to address the arbitrary arrest

  In April 2014, following thirteen years of on-off proceedings, the High Court of Botswana finally dismissed a libel case

  On 20 and 21 March, we argued the first freedom of expression case before the African Court on Human