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Inter-American Court to Hear Key Licensing Case
MLDI has filed an intervention in the case of Marcel Granier and others vs. Venezuela, before the Inter-American Court of
A win – sort of
The Supreme Court’s interim order dated 17.9.2012 ordering the blocking of the offensive video “Innocence of Muslims” on the
Pakistan High Court orders YouTube unblocked
Twenty months after YouTube was blocked by the Pakistani government, the High Court of Lahore held yesterday that YouTube should
Media Defence petitions AU, UN to free Ethiopian bloggers
On World Press Freedom Day 2014, MLDI has petitioned the United Nations and African Union to address the arbitrary arrest
Botswana journalist defeats lengthy libel case
In April 2014, following thirteen years of on-off proceedings, the High Court of Botswana finally dismissed a libel case
Arguing the first free speech case at the African Court
On 20 and 21 March, we argued the first freedom of expression case before the African Court on Human
African Court hears first free speech case
This week, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights will hear its first freedom of expression case. Brought by
Mayor of Riga loses libel case against magazine over “kleptocrat” remark
In court, Usakovs had argued that the term “kleptocracy” was to be taken literally and that IR had called
Media Defence condemns Le Quoc Quan ruling, explores appeal options
A coalition of 14 human rights NGOs and networks strongly condemns this week’s decision by an appeal court upholding a
Media Defence celebrates its Fifth Anniversary
MLDI celebrated its fifth anniversary by hosting a panel discussion with four of its close partners and journalists illustrating the
Vietnamese Lawyer and Blogger on Hunger Strike
Jailed Vietnamese blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan has launched a hunger strike to protest the refusal by
European court agrees to review online media judgment
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to review a judgment that will have major