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Dear OCCRP Reader:

Strategic lawsuits against public participation — or SLAPPs — are meant to silence, intimidate, and financially burden journalists and media organizations. The OCCRP network is currently facing 41 such lawsuits — but we're fighting back.

I share some thoughts on the issue in the video below. ([link removed])

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"Journalists get SLAPPed in the first place because someone wants to silence them. So we can't be silent and we can't be silenced." - Paul Radu


** Please make a contribution to our "OCCRP SLAPPs Back Fund," and help us mount a vigorous defense against these baseless lawsuits. ([link removed]) ([link removed])
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Thank you for your support.
Paul Radu
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