Media Defence undertakes strategic litigation to improve the legal environment in which the media work and to secure remedies following violations of their rights.
We are actively involved in a wide range of press freedom cases before international bodies, regional courts and the highest domestic courts across the world. We bring cases on behalf of journalists, citizen journalists and independent media and as third party interveners.
Our strategic litigation covers a wide range of issues faced by the media, including free speech online, the use of criminal laws to target legitimate speech, judicial harassment, source protection, arbitrary detention and torture, and violence and impunity.
