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ISLP has partnered with Media Institute of Southern Africa - Mozambique (MISA Mozambique) chapter to launch a series of initiatives to support freedom of expression through digital and human rights. Media freedom is [...]
Attacks on journalists who expose corruption and other wrong-doing by government officials in their own countries continue unabated around the world. ISLP’s Media Law Working Group Chair Richard “Dick” [...]
In our June newsletter, we detailed the methodology used by ISLP's Media Law Working Group (MLWG) to defend journalists and bloggers whose right to freedom of expression is under [...]
It is no exaggeration to state that we are experiencing a widespread crackdown on freedom of expression – in the words of our Media Law Working Group Chair Dick [...]
ISLP is guided by the principle that freedom of expression is essential to the tenets of accountability and transparency that underpin inclusive development and the rule of law. Led [...]
ISLP is thrilled to report that Moroccan journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui has been released from prison. ISLP’s Media Law Working Group has been following his case closely since February [...]
Does the presence of a prominent foreign lawyer acting as a trial observer for the international community occasionally modify the behavior of prosecutors and judges? The recent experiences of [...]
Participants that attended the Media Law Training Program in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On February 25 - 26, 2020, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Zimbabwe chapter and [...]
In February 2020, Richard Winfield was invited to be the keynote speaker at the February conference of the European Parliament at which MEPS, NGOs, Moroccan Lawyers, and the press [...]
Last month, ten Palestinian human rights lawyers in Ramallah participated in a Skype webinar hosted by ISLP. They discussed relying on press freedom case law from the European Court [...]