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Journalist Jailed for “Insulting the State” Wins Freedom
Early last February, Jama Jiir, a journalist based in Hargeisa, the capital of the Somali province of Somaliland, wrote an
New Defence Fund for South and Southeast Asia
The Media Legal Defence Initiative has announced the launch of a major new legal defence fund for bloggers and online
Appeal for Urgent Intervention by UN, African Commission in Case of Imprisoned Zambian Journalist
United Nations, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights urged to intervene in Zambia. MLDI and the Southern African Litigation
East African Court petitioned on Burundi Press Law
Burundi’s Press Law, which received widespread international criticism when it was adopted including by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, only
“Solve 17-Year-Old Murder of Journalist”, Campaigners Demand
MLDI and a coalition of free speech campaigners from around the world have joined forces to reopen the investigation into
Rwandan Journalist Released, Persists with Complaint to African Human Rights Commission
Rwandan journalist, Saidati Mukakibibi, served three years in Kigali’s notorious 1930 prison for a newspaper article she wrote. She is
Angolan Journalist Prosecuted for Claiming Human Rights Abuses in Mining Industry
Rafael Marques has described Angola’s diamond mining industry as being plagued by murders, beatings, and arbitrary detentions and filed a
Danish pharmaceutical company challenges Indian media report on drug
The drug, “Deanxit”, was officially approved for use in India 14 years ago and has been on sale ever since.
News website blocked for “subjective” reporting
In the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, as elsewhere in the world, people increasingly look to the internet for
Palestinian broadcaster Wattan seeks justice following illegal army raid
MLDI is supporting Palestinian broadcaster Wattan TV in a court action for compensation and the return of equipment and financial
Latvian journalist in criminal court for comparing a politician to Baron Münchhausen
MLDI is supporting the defence of Latvian journalist, Gunta Sloga, in a criminal defamation case brought against her by Aleksandrs
Media Defence Intervention Helps Defeat Prior Notification Demand
MLDI helped win an ECHR ruling confirming that media are not require to notify those on whom they are publishing