Guardians of the Amazon: Abraji and FLIP’s Joint Report on Journalism in the Region
Our partners, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) have joined forces to address the challenges facing journalism in the Amazon, one of the most difficult regions to cover due to its natural density and the intersection of legal and illegal economic interests. For this report, the two […]
Focus on Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests and Abuse of the Legal System
The precarious state of press freedom in Turkey, entwined with a deteriorating democratic environment, poses significant challenges to journalists. Increasingly they face arbitrary arrests, legal threats, and increasing violence in their pursuit of reporting truth. In response to these threats, the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), our partner, actively defends press freedom and human […]
Partnership with Propuesta CÃvica: defending journalists at risk in Mexico
We are proud to partner with the human rights and freedom of expression organisation, Propuesta CÃvica, in Mexico. Year after year, Mexico remains one of the world’s most dangerous and deadly countries for journalists. According to Propuesta CÃvica’s records, 168 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2006 and 30 have gone missing since 2003. […]
Focus on Kyrgyzstan: Erosion of Press Freedom
Freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan is under serious threat, with journalists, media institutions, and human rights defenders facing repressive conditions and regulations. We spoke with Aigul Adzhieva from the Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan (SFK) and lawyers Nurbek Sydykov and Altynai Isaeva from our partner organisation, Media Policy Institute (MPI), to get their expert insights into the recent […]
Digital Rights Nepal: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression Online
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Partners blog series. In this series, we interview our partners from around the world about their critical work in protecting freedom of expression. This time our communications coordinator Anoushka Schellekens, spoke to Santosh Sigdel, rights activist, and co-founder of our newest partner organisation, Digital Rights Nepal (DRN). Santosh discusses […]
Media Defence extends partnership with three organisations in sub-Saharan Africa
As part of Media Defence’s project Empowering Women in Digital Rights Advocacy, we are building a strong legal defence network in sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this goal, we are providing financial assistance to organisations to establish legal aid units or media defence centres. We are excited to announce that, as part of this project, we are extending […]
Kurdish journalists finally released after a year
Fifteen Kurdish journalists, held for over a year on charges related to their work, have been released after a two-day hearing that concluded on July 12, 2023. The court imposed a travel ban on them and rescheduled the trial to November 9, 2023. They potentially face 15-year sentences for ‘”membership of an unlawful organisation”. Our […]
European Court of Human Rights issues judgment in Hurbain v Belgium, expanding the application of the ‘right to be forgotten’
On 4 July 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Grand Chamber delivered its judgment in the case of Hurbain v Belgium. The judgment upheld the lower chamber’s finding that an order to anonymise the subject of an article did not violate the publisher’s freedom of expression. Media Defence, along with a number of […]
Convocatoria: Centro Nacional de Defensa de Periodistas México
Media Defence abre convocatoria para la presentación de solicitudes de subvenciones de ONGs y centros de apoyo legal basados ​​​​en México para brindar apoyo legal de emergencia a periodistas y litigio estratégico en libertad de expresión. Objetivo de la subvención Establecer o desarrollar el trabajo de un centro nacional de defensa de periodistas Enfoque geográfico […]
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and its coordinated fight against the use of Pegasus spyware
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Partners blog series. In this series, we interview our partners from around the world about their critical work in protecting freedom of expression. This time we spoke to Dalma Dojcsák, Executive Director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), about spyware. HCLU is one of Media Defence’s partner organisations. Founded […]
Special call: Grant for National Media Defence Centre Indo-Pacific region
In partnership with the International Center for Non-Profit Law, Media Defence is calling for proposals from NGOs and law centres based in countries in the Indo-Pacific region for a grant to provide legal support to journalists and strategic litigation on media freedom. Purpose of Grant To set up or further the work of a national […]
Italian journalist who published menswear company executives’ payslips acquitted of privacy violation charges
The Criminal Court of Pescara, Italy, has held that reporter Mauro D’Agostino did not breach the law by publishing payslips of executives at the top of a luxury menswear company. The context: top executives received large bonuses whilst hundreds of employees were fired D’Agostino worked for the online newspaper corrierequotidiano.it. In 2017, he wrote a […]