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This week, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights will hear its first freedom of expression case. Brought by

  In court, Usakovs had argued that the term “kleptocracy” was to be taken literally and that IR had called

A coalition of 14 human rights NGOs and networks strongly condemns this week’s decision by an appeal court upholding a

MLDI celebrated its fifth anniversary by hosting a panel discussion with four of its close partners and journalists illustrating the

Jailed Vietnamese blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan has launched a hunger strike to protest the refusal by

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to review a judgment that will have major

MLDI has led a coalition of 69 news organisations in urging the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human

  For the first time, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that a criminal conviction for the crime of

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a tribunal set up under the UN’s Human Rights Council, found that Le

The Media Legal Defence Initiative has launched a fundraising campaign to support its bid to free Ethiopian journalists, Eskinder Nega

While it’s rare to be prosecuted for it in western democracies, Peter Noorlander, MLDI’s CEO, explains how authoritarian governments frequently

The High Court is hearing the judicial review application of David Miranda in relation to his detention earlier this year