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  Agnès Uwimana and Saidati Mukakibibi wrote for a local Rwandan newspaper, Umurabyo. Some of their articles displeased the Rwandan

Two Ethiopian journalists imprisoned under Ethiopia’s anti-terror laws have appealed to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights arguing

Criminal libel laws date back to the middle ages but are in current use around the world. In many countries,

Khadija Ismayilova, an independent investigative journalist based in Baku and recipient of the 2012 Courage in Journalism Award, has asked

  In August last year, Burkinabe newspaper L’Ouragan reported allegations of corruption and abuse of power at the office of

Two years after Zambia’s President Sata – nicknamed King Cobra because of his combative political style – was elected with

Early last February, Jama Jiir, a journalist based in Hargeisa, the capital of the Somali province of Somaliland, wrote an

The Media Legal Defence Initiative has announced the launch of a major new legal defence fund for bloggers and online

United Nations, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights urged to intervene in Zambia. MLDI and the Southern African Litigation

Burundi’s Press Law, which received widespread international criticism when it was adopted including by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, only

MLDI and a coalition of free speech campaigners from around the world have joined forces to reopen the investigation into

Rwandan journalist, Saidati Mukakibibi, served three years in Kigali’s notorious 1930 prison for a newspaper article she wrote. She is