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Personal account. Opinions are mine.
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
4 days ago
The ECtHR Grand Chamber held that sanctioning a judge for FB posts violated his freedom of expression. MD submitted an amicus in the case, noting the importance of judges engaging with the press on matters of public interest. Read our comments here:
https://bit.ly/4aQMDNE
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Carlos Gaio
Amnesty International UK
7 days ago
Palestinian journalists, like Wael Al-Dahdouh, put their lives on the line to record & report Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Over 260 media professionals have been killed in occupied Gaza since Oct 2023. The targeting of journalists is a war crime, and each death must be investigated as such.
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Media Defence
11 days ago
We’re grateful to the lawyers and journalists who stood with us this year - your courage and expertise help defend the right to report. To keep supporting us in 2026, donate here:
https://bit.ly/44CBJar
Thank you for standing with us!
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
16 days ago
Angélica Cárcamo, Executive Director of Red Centroamericana de Periodistas, outlines the worsening press freedom environment in El Salvador 🎥 She told us about her work at our Litigation Surgery in Costa Rica with the UN Human Rights Regional Strategies Project for Latin America
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Media Defence
12 days ago
At the ARIJ 18th annual forum, Media Defence partnered with
arijnetwork
to host a regional litigation surgery bringing together lawyers from across the MENA region. Thank you to everyone who participated for sharing their insights and experience.
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
24 days ago
1/5 🌍 On
#HumanRightsDay
, we highlight 3 journalists who exposed human rights abuses and have faced grave reprisals. Their stories underpin the human cost when press freedom is attacked, and the ongoing need to defend those who report in the public interest. 👇
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Media Defence
29 days ago
🗞️ Don’t miss this month’s Press Freedom Newsletter: updates on our mentorship programmes, our latest webinar on impunity, Brazil’s new journalism movement, and the latest news on global press freedom from our partners and us. Sign up here:
https://bit.ly/4oBpzpt
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 1 month ago
Thank you to everyone who joined our Asia Pacific Litigation Surgery in Kuala Lumpur! 12 participants from 10 countries explored FoE, privacy, digital rights, surveillance, journalist safety, SLAPPs and more.
https://www.mediadefence.org/?post_type=news&p=28805&preview=true
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 1 month ago
Media Defence welcomes the court decision to set aside the protection order against journalist Thomo Nkgadima. While the ruling is positive, it underscores a worrying trend in SA: protection orders, designed for victims of domestic violence, are being misused to gag journalists. 👉
bit.ly/48cE3WA
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 1 month ago
As
#GIJC25
ends in Kuala Lumpur, we’re grateful for an inspiring week with 1,500+ journalists working to uncover the truth despite rising pressures. Our panel on Privacy vs. Accountability tackled the misuse of regulation to silence reporting - and how journalists and defenders can respond.
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 2 months ago
We’re at
#GIJC25
in Kuala Lumpur! 📍 Booth: Fri, Nov 21 — Foyer, opposite Hall 3 🎙️ Panel: Privacy vs. Accountability — 9:15–10:30 am, Nov 22 (KLCC L3, Room 306) 🛠️ Legal Clinic — Nov 21 and 22 (Room 304) See you there!
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 2 months ago
#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
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Media Defence
about 2 months ago
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
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
about 2 months ago
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
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
2 months ago
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
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
2 months ago
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: ht
tps://bit.ly/47PNAUy
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Carlos Gaio
Global Investigative Journalism Network
2 months ago
85% of journalist killings remain unsolved, according to @UNESCO. What role can regional courts & UN mechanisms play in changing that? Join @mediadefence.bsky.social on Nov 3 for a global webinar tackling impunity for crimes against journalists. 🔗 Register:
https://twp.ai/9PWcBe
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
2 months ago
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
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Carlos Gaio
Fonds pour une presse libre (FPL)
3 months ago
Le Nouvel Obs aborde le fonds « Ripostes » dans cet article et interroge François Bonnet, président du FPL sur l’offensive contre les journalistes et les médias indépendants : « Les procès se multiplient car la presse produit de plus en plus d’enquêtes […] C’est une bataille à mener. » ⬇️
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Le Club de Mediapart
3 months ago
Ils veulent nous faire taire ? Le FPL et Media Defence créent le Fonds Ripostes Par
@fondspresselibre.bsky.social
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Ils veulent nous faire taire ? Le FPL et Media Defence créent le Fonds Ripostes
Le Fonds pour une presse libre et l’ONG internationale Media Defence s’associent pour créer « Ripostes », un fonds d’aide juridique pour la presse indépendante. Il s’agit de contrer les attaques des politiques et des entreprises contre la presse indépendante. Et faire en sorte que la peur change de camp en faisant condamner ces procédures abusives.
https://l.mediapart.fr/RPf
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Fonds pour une presse libre (FPL)
3 months ago
💥 Avec le fonds « Ripostes », contre-attaquons. Avec vous et @mediadefence.bsky.social, on change de logique. Et on prépare la contre-attaque juridique. ⚖️ Nouvel objectif : 200.000 € avant le 30 octobre ! Ils veulent nous faire taire ? Qu’ils essayent. ➡️
fondspresselibre.org/soutenir
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Media Defence
3 months ago
📢 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...
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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.
https://www.mediadefence.org/news/media-defence-amicus-filed-at-ecthr-in-georgia-foreign-agent-law-case/
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
3 months ago
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!
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
3 months ago
Are you at
#FIFAfrica25
? Want to learn more about how we defend digital rights and press freedom? Our colleagues are on the ground and would love to connect! 💬 Come find us at our booth today and tomorrow - or drop us a DM to arrange a time to talk!
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
3 months ago
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.
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
4 months ago
On the
#DayofDemocracy
, we’re reminded that there’s no democracy without media freedom. States are using the law to silence journalists - here are two recent cases where we push back: 📄 Atresmedia v. Spain:
bit.ly/464rGft
📄 IACHR observations:
bit.ly/4n3NOwn
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
4 months ago
Lawyers in Asia Pacific can still apply for our next Litigation Surgery! ✏️Gain skills, test legal strategies, network and get expert feedback on real cases. ✅ Travel & accommodation covered ✅ Tickets to attend
#GIJC2025
🗓️ Apply by 26 Sept 👉
bit.ly/4g4Ldjo
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Carlos Gaio
Naiara Galarraga Gortázar
4 months ago
Resuelto el enigma de Tenório Jr., el pianista brasileño asesinado por la dictadura argentina y desaparecido durante casi medio siglo. Por Fernando Navarro en
@elpais.com
elpais.com/cultura/2025...
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Resuelto el enigma de Tenório Jr., el pianista brasileño asesinado por la dictadura argentina y desaparecido durante casi medio siglo
El Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense identifica el cuerpo del músico en una fosa común en Buenos Aires. Militares argentinos le secuestraron en la calle tras tocar con Vinícius de Moraes y Toqu...
https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-09-18/resuelto-el-enigma-de-tenorio-jr-el-pianista-brasileno-asesinado-por-la-dictadura-argentina-y-desaparecido-durante-casi-medio-siglo.html
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
4 months ago
Women journalists are increasingly facing disproportionate and specific threats in sub-Saharan Africa, exacerbated by developments in tech.
@rfkhumanrights.bsky.social
recent report looks at how strategic litigation could improve accountability and protection. 👇
rfkhumanrights.org/report/gbv-a...
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Gender-based Violence Against Women Journalists in East and West Africa - Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Journalists across the globe are faced with violence, harassment, criminalization, and even death for reporting on the issues facing their communities, and women in the media are especially at risk.
https://rfkhumanrights.org/report/gbv-against-women-journalists-in-east-and-west-africa/
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Carlos Gaio
Free Press Unlimited (FPU)
5 months ago
The abrupt
#USAID
cuts is causing independent
#media
to disappear. Of the 800 billion euros that the
#EuropeanUnion
wants to spend on defence, 150 million should go to independent media to combat Russian
#disinformation
. ➡️Interview with
@ruthkronenburg.bsky.social
in
@ftm.eu
:
ow.ly/s1PN50WIGzA
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Carlos Gaio
Global Investigative Journalism Network
5 months ago
🧵 Big things ahead at
#GIJC25!
A major keynote will explore the future of global investigative journalism, followed by an all-Asia panel with leading editors and reporters from the region…
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Andrew Fishman
5 months ago
Não há palavras suficientes para expressar o horror do assassinato de 5 jornalistas da
@aljazeera.com
por Israel no domingo. Mas tentamos. O
@intercept.com.br
apela à mídia e ao gov do
@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
para que ponham fim à sua cumplicidade.
www.intercept.com.br/2025/08/11/i...
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O massacre de jornalistas em Gaza por Israel é abominável
Uma nota de repúdio a Israel pelos crimes contra a humanidade.
https://www.intercept.com.br/2025/08/11/israel-assassinou-cinco-jornalistas-da-al-jazeera-em-gaza-temos-que-acabar-com-a-impunidade/
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
5 months ago
🎥 All our on-demand webinars & panel discussions are now in one place. From SLAPPs to cross-border repression, explore the legal issues shaping press freedom – and how lawyers & journalists are fighting back. 🔗
www.mediadefence.org/webinars-eve...
#PressFreedom
#MediaLaw
#SLAPPs
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
5 months ago
In a welcome step for transparency,
#Nigeria’s
Supreme Court has ruled that the Freedom of Information Act applies to all levels of government - not just federal institutions. The judgment closes a long-disputed gap in access to information. 📖 Read more:
www.mediadefence.org/news/supreme...
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
5 months ago
📢 We're hiring! Media Defence is looking for a part-time Communications Assistant - an exciting early-career opportunity for someone passionate about human rights & digital design. 🔹 Hybrid – London 🔹 £28,000 – £31,000 (FTE) 🔹 Deadline: 29 August 2025
www.mediadefence.org/news/were-hi...
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
5 months ago
🚨 Journalist Delfina Silvano faced 12 years in prison for posting a Facebook video criticising police violence. In a landmark decision, Angola’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the ‘rebellion’ case against her, ending a three-year ordeal. Read about the case and our intervention 👉
bit.ly/3Uy52oY
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Blogger Delfina Silvano’s fight against colonial-era incitement laws in Angola - Media Defence
In an encouraging ruling, the Court of Appeal in Angola dismissed the 'rebellion' case against citizen journalist Delfina Silvano.
https://www.mediadefence.org/news/blogger-delfina-silvanos-colonial-era-incitement-laws-angola/
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Carlos Gaio
Rubens Valente
6 months ago
certa feita Bolsonaro chamou repórteres de urubus. Na natureza, o urubu faz algo essencial: limpá-la. Ele não produz a carniça. Mas quando a carniça aparece, o urubu vai lá cumprir seu humilde papel no equilíbrio ambiental. Hoje, por exemplo, é um dia de muita carniça aparecendo. Então viva o urubu
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OCCRP en Español
6 months ago
Los periodistas que participamos en la
#AlianzaParaguay
esperamos que las continuas investigaciones sirvan tanto de disuasión como de homenaje, no solo a Coronel, sino a los muchos reporteros que han arriesgado y perdido la vida en busca de la verdad. [Junto a
@forbidden-stories.bsky.social
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Investigaciones de periodistas paraguayos asesinados siguen vivas
Forbidden Stories, junto con sus socios del Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) y cinco medios de comunicación de América Latina y Europa, publicarán investigaciones sobre Paragua...
https://www.occrp.org/es/notacio/investigaciones-de-periodistas-paraguayos-asesinados-siguen-vivas
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Guilherme Amado
7 months ago
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CNJ manda seguir ação contra juiz do caso Mari Ferrer por assédio judicial
O plenário do Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) decidiu em maio, por unanimidade, acolher um recurso da União Brasileira de Mulheres (UBM) e mandou que seja processada uma reclamação disciplinar por assédio judicial contra o...
http://dlvr.it/TLLDvX
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'The death of journalism in Azerbaijan': long read with a detailed account on the relentless government attacks on journalists in Azerbaijan. Must read.
occrp.org/en/feature/t...
@occrp.org
@mediadefence.bsky.social
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The Death of Journalism in Azerbaijan
A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan. But as President Ilham Aliyev casts critical journalists as enemies of t...
https://occrp.org/en/feature/the-death-of-journalism-in-azerbaijan
7 months ago
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Rubens Valente
7 months ago
com atraso, vejo que o
@estadao.com.br
citou no editorial "Uma casta acima da lei" o caso do meu livro "Operação Banqueiro". "Apesar de o conteúdo ser factual, sem ataques pessoais e baseado em dados públicos", escreveu corretamente o jornal. Agradeço a referência
www.estadao.com.br/opiniao/uma-...
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Uma casta acima da lei
A condenação de uma jornalista por divulgar dados públicos mostra que a toga virou escudo. E o Judiciário, uma corporação que intimida críticos e se protege sob o manto da honra ofendida
https://www.estadao.com.br/opiniao/uma-casta-acima-da-lei/?srsltid=AfmBOoo6mF5oBGwr5NWx2WYapudcG_11Gm6DhR7N0N-CsmPZuHuL82zU
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Media Defence
7 months ago
📰 New Article | From Newsroom to Courtroom: Defending Press Freedom in Cameroon Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus shares how his 2014 arrest for investigative journalism led him to become a human rights lawyer. Now, he defends others facing politically motivated charges. 🔗 Read:
bit.ly/45anU4h
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Carlos Gaio
Karen Hao
7 months ago
In my first op-ed for
@nytimes.com
, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/silicon-valley-ai-empire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Howard French
7 months ago
A giant passes on.
theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_p...
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Sebastiao Salgado 1944-2025
Jairo Goldflus, Sebastião Salgado, the greatest of all, 2011 One of the most significant and prolific photographers of the 20th and early 21st centuries, Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Jr., of Brazil, has ...
https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2025/05/sebastiao-salgado-1944-2025.html
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Check out
@mediadefence.bsky.social
's Annual Report. It's worth your time!
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Carlos Gaio
Lawfare
8 months ago
On Lawfare Daily, @qjurecic.bsky.social spoke to @noahbullock.bsky.social about the efforts by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to consolidate his power, the arrest of his colleague Ruth López, who heads Cristosal’s anti-corruption work, and more.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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Juanita Goebertus
8 months ago
El Salvador🇸🇻| Seguimos con preocupación la captura de Ruth López, quien ha denunciado con valentía la corrupción y las violaciones de derechos humanos del gobierno de Bukele. Su detención marca un punto de quiebre para la sociedad civil. Exigimos que se respeten sus derechos.
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Carlos Gaio
Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
8 months ago
We urgently demand the immediate disclosure of Ruth Lopez’s whereabouts. As Head of Cristosal's Anti-Corruption Unit, her detention since Sunday night by the National Civil Police is deeply concerning. We call on El Salvador to ensure her safety and uphold her rights.
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Carlos Gaio
Media Defence
8 months ago
#ElSalvador
: We strongly condemn the arrest of Ruth López, a leading human rights and anti-corruption lawyer and Chief Legal Officer at CSO, Cristosal. Authorities must ensure her physical safety and uphold her right to due process. 📄 Read our full statement:
bit.ly/45fCEi2
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Media Defence Condemns Detention of Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Ruth López in El Salvador - Media Defence
Media Defence condemns the arrest of Ruth López, Chief Legal Officer at the human rights organisation Cristosal in El Salvador.
https://bit.ly/45fCEi2
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