Media Defence round-up
TRAINING

Strengthening networks: 2023 Litigators Convening in South Africa
At the beginning of September, our team held our latest women-only litigators convening in South Africa, which brought together 23 participants from 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
With a mixture of speakers, presentations, and round table discussions, the convening celebrated open dialogue and learning, deepening understandings of current challenges in digital rights and freedom of expression.
EVENTS

Global Conferences
FIFAfrica23: Panel discussion on safeguarding digital rights
 
Our team attended the 10th annual Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa hosted by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy
for East and Southern Africa. Our legal director, Wiebke Hangst discussed collaborative responses to challenges facing freedom of expression in
Africa on the 29th Sept.
 
GIJC23: Panel discussion on SLAPPs and how to fight back
 
Our CEO, Carlos Gaio co-hosted a session at the tenth Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Sweden. The panel discussed the increasing use
of lawsuits by powerful actors to silence and
harass reporters as well as exploring methods
to fight back. 
 
 
PARTNERS

Extending our partnership with three excellent media defence centres in sub-Saharan Africa
We are excited to announce that we have extended our partnership with Campaign for Free Expression (CFE), Collectif des Associations Contre l'Impunite au Togo (CACIT) and Volunteers for Sustainable Development in Africa (VOSIEDA). 
 
We are proud to support the integral work that these centres do to protect and promote freedom of expression. As threats and attacks on journalists and civil society actors become increasingly prevalent their provision of legal defence and social support is essential. 
NEWS
Recent Articles
Mamunur Rashid Nomani: Press Freedom in Bangladesh Under Scrutiny

Journalist Mamunur Rashid Nomani, has been charged with violating Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act.
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.
Cyber Rights and Wrongs: Safeguarding Human Rights Online in Kenya
 
Ease of access to information in cyberspace is contributing to an increase in privacy breaches and data leaks in Kenya.

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NEWS
Celebrating One Year of LNJAR

The Legal Network for Journalists at Risk was established one year ago!

 

Journalists and independent media are in need of particular protection as they play a key role in defending this human right.

 

Our network with Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Committee to Protect Journalists and eighteen member organisations coordinates legal support for journalists to protect the critical work

that they do.
15 YEARS OF MEDIA DEFENCE

15 years of impact: Internet shutdowns
 
This year marks Media Defence’s 15th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone,
we are taking a look at the ways in which freedom of expression has been threatened around the world, and how we have sought to protect it.
 
Internet shutdowns are used by states to limit opposition and disarm dissent.
These throttling or blocking measures often coincide with critical political events,
such as elections or protests.
 
Media Defence was one of the first organisations to litigate against internet
shutdowns, having challenged them since 2017. We have financially supported
or litigated around 20 instances of internet shutdowns or web blocking in
nine countries across four continents.

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