Media Defence launches its 2016 annual report
2016 saw a sharp decline in press freedom around the world – so MLDI stepped up its work to defend journalists, bloggers and independent media. Over the year, MLDI provided emergency defence to journalists in need, supported local organisations across the world to defend media freedom, engaged in strategic litigation and trained lawyers on freedom […]
Volunteer with us! Media Defence is seeking a communications and digital engagement volunteer
MLDI is looking for a volunteer to assist it with its communications and digital engagement. The volunteer should be available for a minimum of 3 days a week for 3 months. The ideal candidate will be highly organised, able to work independently, familiar with communications and digital engagement and interested in human rights and freedom […]
Media Defence welcomes its new Legal Director
London, 5 September 2016 – The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) today announced the appointment of Pádraig Hughes as Legal Director. In this role he will lead MLDI’s legal strategies to provide support to independent media, journalists and bloggers worldwide who are under threat for their reporting, and to advance media freedoms globally. Pádraig Hughes joins MLDI from […]
Media Defence Publishes 2015 Annual Review
The past twelve months have seen strong results for the journalists we defended but also a decline in respect for freedoms overall. MLDI’s work this year, more than ever, has proven to be crucial in securing journalists’ ability to report freely worldwide. In 2014-15, MLDI and its partners have defended nearly 600 journalists, media outlets and […]
Media Defence looking for new chief executive
The Board of Trustees of the Media Legal Defence Initiative is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer, to succeed Peter Noorlander who has led the organisation for the last five years to its current strength and success. Peter’s successor will need to demonstrate significant management experience in an NGO or a public service organisation. He […]
Work at Media Defence – Case and Project Support Officer
The Media Legal Defence Initiative is looking for a Case and Project Support Officer to strengthen its team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and dynamic organisation that is recognised as a leader in the legal defence of journalists worldwide. Based in London, MLDI works through a worldwide network of partner organisations […]
Media Defence publishes 2014 Annual Review
This year, with the imprisonment of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt on false news charges, press freedom issues made headlines around the world. News coverage of this scale is rare, but the sentences are not: oppressive governments around the world are increasingly using false news, criminal libel and national security laws to criminalise free speech. […]
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 various threats to media freedom. Pakistani internet rights activist, Shahzad Ahmad, spoke about the internet freedom cases that he is working on with MLDI; Russian media lawyer and recipient of the Russian Union of Journalists’ Golden […]