Media Defence
@mediadefence.bsky.social
We provide #legal defence for #journalists under threat for their reporting. We work across 120 countries, wherever the need is greatest. Each year we help 100's of independent journalists and media outlets report freely.
https://www.mediadefence.org/
https://www.mediadefence.org/
#France: Proceedings against @arianelavrilleux.com
were dismissed - but the Court of Appeal plans to challenge the ruling, putting her at risk again. Her ordeal shows how national security laws are used to target those exposing potential state wrongdoing.
🔗 bit.ly/4qYkPfS
were dismissed - but the Court of Appeal plans to challenge the ruling, putting her at risk again. Her ordeal shows how national security laws are used to target those exposing potential state wrongdoing.
🔗 bit.ly/4qYkPfS
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#France: Proceedings against @arianelavrilleux.com
were dismissed - but the Court of Appeal plans to challenge the ruling, putting her at risk again. Her ordeal shows how national security laws are used to target those exposing potential state wrongdoing.
🔗 bit.ly/4qYkPfS
were dismissed - but the Court of Appeal plans to challenge the ruling, putting her at risk again. Her ordeal shows how national security laws are used to target those exposing potential state wrongdoing.
🔗 bit.ly/4qYkPfS
The Colombian Supreme Court upheld convictions of two former DAS officials for the aggravated torture of journalist @JulieDuque1, who faced over two decades of persecution for her reporting.
Media Defence and @FLIP_org urge action in pending cases.
📖 bit.ly/3LBV1Gg
Media Defence and @FLIP_org urge action in pending cases.
📖 bit.ly/3LBV1Gg
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Colombian Supreme Court upheld convictions of two former DAS officials for the aggravated torture of journalist @JulieDuque1, who faced over two decades of persecution for her reporting.
Media Defence and @FLIP_org urge action in pending cases.
📖 bit.ly/3LBV1Gg
Media Defence and @FLIP_org urge action in pending cases.
📖 bit.ly/3LBV1Gg
Missed our latest webinar?
The recording of our session is now available to stream.
Moderated by Media Defence’s Wiebke Hangst, the webinar featured Duy (Dan) Hoang, Tsema Ede, Furkat Tishaev, and Carlos Domínguez Hernández.
📺 Watch it here: bit.ly/47Qhk2C
The recording of our session is now available to stream.
Moderated by Media Defence’s Wiebke Hangst, the webinar featured Duy (Dan) Hoang, Tsema Ede, Furkat Tishaev, and Carlos Domínguez Hernández.
📺 Watch it here: bit.ly/47Qhk2C
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Missed our latest webinar?
The recording of our session is now available to stream.
Moderated by Media Defence’s Wiebke Hangst, the webinar featured Duy (Dan) Hoang, Tsema Ede, Furkat Tishaev, and Carlos Domínguez Hernández.
📺 Watch it here: bit.ly/47Qhk2C
The recording of our session is now available to stream.
Moderated by Media Defence’s Wiebke Hangst, the webinar featured Duy (Dan) Hoang, Tsema Ede, Furkat Tishaev, and Carlos Domínguez Hernández.
📺 Watch it here: bit.ly/47Qhk2C
Tomorrow, our CEO, @cegaio.bsky.social, will moderate a panel on legal defence against judicial harassment, with Santiago O'Donnell, @piruloar.bsky.social, @larryportera.bsky.social, and @anabejaranorg.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov 6, 17:20–18:20
📍 COLPIN Conference
🔗 colpin.ipys.org
🗓️ Nov 6, 17:20–18:20
📍 COLPIN Conference
🔗 colpin.ipys.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tomorrow, our CEO, @cegaio.bsky.social, will moderate a panel on legal defence against judicial harassment, with Santiago O'Donnell, @piruloar.bsky.social, @larryportera.bsky.social, and @anabejaranorg.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov 6, 17:20–18:20
📍 COLPIN Conference
🔗 colpin.ipys.org
🗓️ Nov 6, 17:20–18:20
📍 COLPIN Conference
🔗 colpin.ipys.org
There's still time to register for our webinar about impunity for crimes against journalists and what human rights bodies can do to reduce it. Sign up today: https://bit.ly/47PNAUy
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There's still time to register for our webinar about impunity for crimes against journalists and what human rights bodies can do to reduce it. Sign up today: https://bit.ly/47PNAUy
Thank you to all who joined our #IPIWorldCongress panel about the future of universal human rights in a changing global order.
We’re also proud to have participated in UNESCO's new report on SLAPPs, launched during the event. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4hHAnRc
We’re also proud to have participated in UNESCO's new report on SLAPPs, launched during the event. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4hHAnRc
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you to all who joined our #IPIWorldCongress panel about the future of universal human rights in a changing global order.
We’re also proud to have participated in UNESCO's new report on SLAPPs, launched during the event. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4hHAnRc
We’re also proud to have participated in UNESCO's new report on SLAPPs, launched during the event. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4hHAnRc
“Power hates transparency. That’s why journalists are always under attack.” Head to our website to read the full interview with Charlene Nagae and learn about Tornazov’s work in defending media freedom in Brazil. https://bit.ly/4ocEneH
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Power hates transparency. That’s why journalists are always under attack.” Head to our website to read the full interview with Charlene Nagae and learn about Tornazov’s work in defending media freedom in Brazil. https://bit.ly/4ocEneH
At #IPIWoCo25? Join our Senior Legal Officer, Yuri Marchenko, and Leticia Kleim, Legal Coordinator with our partner Abraji, alongside other experts for a lightning session on resisting repression of press freedom.
📍Sophie Room
🕣12:05 CEST
ipi.media/ipi-world-co...
📍Sophie Room
🕣12:05 CEST
ipi.media/ipi-world-co...
IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2025 – ipi.media
Register for the IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2025, marking IPI's 75th anniversary, taking place in Vienna October 23-25.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
At #IPIWoCo25? Join our Senior Legal Officer, Yuri Marchenko, and Leticia Kleim, Legal Coordinator with our partner Abraji, alongside other experts for a lightning session on resisting repression of press freedom.
📍Sophie Room
🕣12:05 CEST
ipi.media/ipi-world-co...
📍Sophie Room
🕣12:05 CEST
ipi.media/ipi-world-co...
We are at #IPIWoCo25! If you are here too come and say hello at our booth in room 1A, or join us for our panel today at 5pm: Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order
📍Maria Theresia Room
📍Maria Theresia Room
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We are at #IPIWoCo25! If you are here too come and say hello at our booth in room 1A, or join us for our panel today at 5pm: Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order
📍Maria Theresia Room
📍Maria Theresia Room
Today marks three years since the killing of prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif who was fatally shot at close range by Kenyan police at a roadblock near Nairobi. Three years on, impunity persists.
#JusticeForArshadSharif
Read more: www.mediadefence.org/news/arshad-...
#JusticeForArshadSharif
Read more: www.mediadefence.org/news/arshad-...
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today marks three years since the killing of prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif who was fatally shot at close range by Kenyan police at a roadblock near Nairobi. Three years on, impunity persists.
#JusticeForArshadSharif
Read more: www.mediadefence.org/news/arshad-...
#JusticeForArshadSharif
Read more: www.mediadefence.org/news/arshad-...
We’re excited to be part of the 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur this November 20–24!
Come say hi at our booth, and join Carlos Gaio and Padraig Hughes for our Drop-In Legal Clinic on Saturday, Nov 21 & 22.
📍 KLCC Level 3 – Room 304
#GIJC25
Come say hi at our booth, and join Carlos Gaio and Padraig Hughes for our Drop-In Legal Clinic on Saturday, Nov 21 & 22.
📍 KLCC Level 3 – Room 304
#GIJC25
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We’re excited to be part of the 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur this November 20–24!
Come say hi at our booth, and join Carlos Gaio and Padraig Hughes for our Drop-In Legal Clinic on Saturday, Nov 21 & 22.
📍 KLCC Level 3 – Room 304
#GIJC25
Come say hi at our booth, and join Carlos Gaio and Padraig Hughes for our Drop-In Legal Clinic on Saturday, Nov 21 & 22.
📍 KLCC Level 3 – Room 304
#GIJC25
How do Human Rights Bodies challenge impunity for crimes against journalists? Join the discussion at our upcoming webinar.
🎙️Wiebke Hangst, Media Defence
🎙️Duy (Dan) Hoang, @viettan
🎙️Tsema Yvonne Ede, Human Rights Lawyer
🎙️Furkat Tishaev, EIN
https://bit.ly/3JiecnA
🎙️Wiebke Hangst, Media Defence
🎙️Duy (Dan) Hoang, @viettan
🎙️Tsema Yvonne Ede, Human Rights Lawyer
🎙️Furkat Tishaev, EIN
https://bit.ly/3JiecnA
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
How do Human Rights Bodies challenge impunity for crimes against journalists? Join the discussion at our upcoming webinar.
🎙️Wiebke Hangst, Media Defence
🎙️Duy (Dan) Hoang, @viettan
🎙️Tsema Yvonne Ede, Human Rights Lawyer
🎙️Furkat Tishaev, EIN
https://bit.ly/3JiecnA
🎙️Wiebke Hangst, Media Defence
🎙️Duy (Dan) Hoang, @viettan
🎙️Tsema Yvonne Ede, Human Rights Lawyer
🎙️Furkat Tishaev, EIN
https://bit.ly/3JiecnA
We’re heading to Vienna for #IPIWoCo25, 23–25 Oct!
Visit us at our stand & don’t miss:
🗓️ 24 Oct, 17:00 – Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order w/ Pádraig Hughes
⚡ 25 Oct, 12:05 – Tales of Resilience w/ Yuri Marchenko
See full programme: https://bit.ly/3ISWkQl
Visit us at our stand & don’t miss:
🗓️ 24 Oct, 17:00 – Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order w/ Pádraig Hughes
⚡ 25 Oct, 12:05 – Tales of Resilience w/ Yuri Marchenko
See full programme: https://bit.ly/3ISWkQl
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We’re heading to Vienna for #IPIWoCo25, 23–25 Oct!
Visit us at our stand & don’t miss:
🗓️ 24 Oct, 17:00 – Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order w/ Pádraig Hughes
⚡ 25 Oct, 12:05 – Tales of Resilience w/ Yuri Marchenko
See full programme: https://bit.ly/3ISWkQl
Visit us at our stand & don’t miss:
🗓️ 24 Oct, 17:00 – Defending Press Freedom in the New World Order w/ Pádraig Hughes
⚡ 25 Oct, 12:05 – Tales of Resilience w/ Yuri Marchenko
See full programme: https://bit.ly/3ISWkQl
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🗣️How do regional courts and human rights mechanisms help reduce impunity for crimes against journalists?
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
October 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🗣️How do regional courts and human rights mechanisms help reduce impunity for crimes against journalists?
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🗣️How do regional courts and human rights mechanisms help reduce impunity for crimes against journalists?
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
October 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🗣️How do regional courts and human rights mechanisms help reduce impunity for crimes against journalists?
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🎙️ Join our webinar - From Judgments to Justice: Human Rights Bodies vs. Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
🗓️ 3 Nov
🕓 14:00 GMT | 09:00 EST
💻 Online
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/4ot1ku3
🗣️ Should defamation be decriminalised in France?
Join our Legal Consultant Marta Cabrera today at 16:00 (BST) for a panel on #SLAPPs and freedom of expression - part of Generations for Rights Over the World’s Building for the Future initiative. (Panel held in French)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4ha8ReE
Join our Legal Consultant Marta Cabrera today at 16:00 (BST) for a panel on #SLAPPs and freedom of expression - part of Generations for Rights Over the World’s Building for the Future initiative. (Panel held in French)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4ha8ReE
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: WEBINAIRE - La France face aux SLAPPs : débat sur la dépénalisation de la diffamation à la lumière des pratiques comparées. After registering, you will rece...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: WEBINAIRE - La France face aux SLAPPs : débat sur la dépénalisation de la diffamation à la lumière des pratiques comparées. After registering, you will rece...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🗣️ Should defamation be decriminalised in France?
Join our Legal Consultant Marta Cabrera today at 16:00 (BST) for a panel on #SLAPPs and freedom of expression - part of Generations for Rights Over the World’s Building for the Future initiative. (Panel held in French)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4ha8ReE
Join our Legal Consultant Marta Cabrera today at 16:00 (BST) for a panel on #SLAPPs and freedom of expression - part of Generations for Rights Over the World’s Building for the Future initiative. (Panel held in French)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4ha8ReE
17 lawyers from 12 African countries met in Windhoek for Media Defence’s sub-Saharan Africa Litigation Surgery - three days of sharing strategies, building networks & strengthening defences for press freedom.
Read more 👇
🔗 www.mediadefence.org/news/sub-sah...
Read more 👇
🔗 www.mediadefence.org/news/sub-sah...
Sub-Saharan Africa Litigation Surgery: Strengthening Legal Defences for Press Freedom - Media Defence
“Since we launched these legal defence workshops – what we call litigation surgeries – in 2015, more than 400 lawyers from over 60 countries have taken part,” said Carlos Gaio, CEO of Media Defence. “These are intensive three-day sessions where lawyers from a particular region exchange experiences and strategies for defending journalism, freedom of expression […]
www.mediadefence.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
17 lawyers from 12 African countries met in Windhoek for Media Defence’s sub-Saharan Africa Litigation Surgery - three days of sharing strategies, building networks & strengthening defences for press freedom.
Read more 👇
🔗 www.mediadefence.org/news/sub-sah...
Read more 👇
🔗 www.mediadefence.org/news/sub-sah...
#Cameroon: Over 4 years after the UNWGAD found his detention to be arbitrary, journalist Tsi Conrad continues to serve 14yrs.
Media Defence represented Conrad at the UNWGAD: mediadefence.org/news/un-body...
Read Conrad’s story in his own words: www.ft.com/content/7e91...
Media Defence represented Conrad at the UNWGAD: mediadefence.org/news/un-body...
Read Conrad’s story in his own words: www.ft.com/content/7e91...
Don’t allow Cameroon’s forever president to trample democracy again
A festering civil war and a rigged election could spark chaos that would affect the entire continent’s security
www.ft.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#Cameroon: Over 4 years after the UNWGAD found his detention to be arbitrary, journalist Tsi Conrad continues to serve 14yrs.
Media Defence represented Conrad at the UNWGAD: mediadefence.org/news/un-body...
Read Conrad’s story in his own words: www.ft.com/content/7e91...
Media Defence represented Conrad at the UNWGAD: mediadefence.org/news/un-body...
Read Conrad’s story in his own words: www.ft.com/content/7e91...
📢 Media Defence has intervened at the ECtHR in a landmark case challenging Georgia’s ‘Foreign Influence’ law - a measure that labels NGOs and media as serving “foreign powers” and imposes intrusive oversight, chilling independent journalism.
Read more here: www.mediadefence.org/news/media-d...
Read more here: www.mediadefence.org/news/media-d...
Media Defence amicus filed at ECtHR in Georgia Foreign Agent Law case - Media Defence
Media Defence has filed a third-party intervention at the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) in in Georgia Foreign Agent Law case.
www.mediadefence.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📢 Media Defence has intervened at the ECtHR in a landmark case challenging Georgia’s ‘Foreign Influence’ law - a measure that labels NGOs and media as serving “foreign powers” and imposes intrusive oversight, chilling independent journalism.
Read more here: www.mediadefence.org/news/media-d...
Read more here: www.mediadefence.org/news/media-d...
🌍 A huge thank you to our brilliant panellists at #FIFAfrica25 for an insightful discussion on resisting the misuse of surveillance tech to target journalists!
👤 Guy Valère BADANARO
👤 Jean Paul Ibambe
👤 Tsema Ede
👤 Ochiel J Dudley, FCIArb
🎙️ Marta Cabrera Martín
👤 Guy Valère BADANARO
👤 Jean Paul Ibambe
👤 Tsema Ede
👤 Ochiel J Dudley, FCIArb
🎙️ Marta Cabrera Martín
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🌍 A huge thank you to our brilliant panellists at #FIFAfrica25 for an insightful discussion on resisting the misuse of surveillance tech to target journalists!
👤 Guy Valère BADANARO
👤 Jean Paul Ibambe
👤 Tsema Ede
👤 Ochiel J Dudley, FCIArb
🎙️ Marta Cabrera Martín
👤 Guy Valère BADANARO
👤 Jean Paul Ibambe
👤 Tsema Ede
👤 Ochiel J Dudley, FCIArb
🎙️ Marta Cabrera Martín
Final Day to Apply: Asia Pacific Litigation Surgery on Freedom of Expression in Kuala Lumpur, Nov 18–20, alongside #GIJC25.
⚖️ Explore key legal frameworks
📝 Refine litigation strategies
🤝 Connect with peers and experts
🌟 Fully funded travel, accommodation & GIJC tickets.
🔗 twp.ai/9PVlAp
⚖️ Explore key legal frameworks
📝 Refine litigation strategies
🤝 Connect with peers and experts
🌟 Fully funded travel, accommodation & GIJC tickets.
🔗 twp.ai/9PVlAp
September 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Final Day to Apply: Asia Pacific Litigation Surgery on Freedom of Expression in Kuala Lumpur, Nov 18–20, alongside #GIJC25.
⚖️ Explore key legal frameworks
📝 Refine litigation strategies
🤝 Connect with peers and experts
🌟 Fully funded travel, accommodation & GIJC tickets.
🔗 twp.ai/9PVlAp
⚖️ Explore key legal frameworks
📝 Refine litigation strategies
🤝 Connect with peers and experts
🌟 Fully funded travel, accommodation & GIJC tickets.
🔗 twp.ai/9PVlAp
Are you at #FIFAfrica22? Our Panel is starting now:
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa 👇
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa 👇
Attending #FIFAfrica25 too?
Join or upcoming panel:
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa
📅 Fri, 26 Sept | 10:15–11:45
📍 Omatako 1
We’ll also have a booth – come chat with us!
Join or upcoming panel:
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa
📅 Fri, 26 Sept | 10:15–11:45
📍 Omatako 1
We’ll also have a booth – come chat with us!
September 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Are you at #FIFAfrica22? Our Panel is starting now:
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa 👇
🎤 Surveillance Tech & the State: Legal Resistance to Digital Authoritarianism in Africa 👇
Our Fundraising Officer, Nefeli Custer, is at #UNCOVERED and #IMEdD this week in Athens! 📢
If you’re also attending and would like to learn more about our work defending press freedom, feel free to send us a DM to connect.
If you’re also attending and would like to learn more about our work defending press freedom, feel free to send us a DM to connect.
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our Fundraising Officer, Nefeli Custer, is at #UNCOVERED and #IMEdD this week in Athens! 📢
If you’re also attending and would like to learn more about our work defending press freedom, feel free to send us a DM to connect.
If you’re also attending and would like to learn more about our work defending press freedom, feel free to send us a DM to connect.