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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