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As of April 2024, our data reveals a grim reality: 92 women journalists are imprisoned globally, some facing life sentences or awaiting death. Behind these numbers lie tales of injustice, suppression, and the courage to fight for truth. #WorldPressFreedomDay …

Join Francesca Farrington at the UN side event “Turning justice against freedom of expression' which will aim to highlight the increasing use SLAPPs to silence freedom of expression
📆 May 4, 2024
🕙 10 am UTC-4 (4 pm CEST)
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In today’s hearing, the Scottish Government commits to a consultation on the introduction of anti-SLAPP measures in the autumn. There’s no fixed date just yet, but the mood music is positive.

My EU citizenship turns 20 today.

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) can turn justice against free speech.

They can be used to silence journalists & activists reporting on the #environmental crisis.

Learn more in our side event on 4 May at 10 am UTC-4 (4 pm CEST). ow.ly/1Y9k50RrwiJ

Malta's PM deliberately exposing magistrate to harm to (appear to) protect his predecessor from criminal liability.

Also, argument absurd on its own terms; why would magistrate disrupt low-stakes EP & village council elections if she could have terrorised (!) general elections?

In April 2023, I participated UN Human Rights expert seminar on the safety of journalists. Looking back on the past year - there have been many welcome developments to counter #SLAPPs . There is still a long road ahead but we are moving in the right direction! Learn more on 4 May.

Following last week’s Petitions Committee meeting, the Scottish Government has announced that it will be launching a consultation on SLAPPs - a big and welcome shift in government policy in response to Roger Mullin’s petition, and the submissions supporting it.

Yes, delighted Scottish Government are going to take my Anti-SLAPP petition forward. Kieran Andrews Simon Barrow David Leask Richard Smith Michelle Thomson Ian Fraser

The Scottish goverment has indicated that they will launch a consultation on #SLAPPs in Autumn. This is a very welcome development in response to Roger Mullin petition and the submission made in support by the Anti-SLAPP Hub Aberdeen Law School and others.

Check out mine and Zuza Nowicka take on Real Madrid vs Le Monde case at the ECJ and the opinion of AG Maciej Szpunar

Many thanks to our editor Moritz Schramm

📣 We’ve got a few anglophone jobs open at RSF! Please have a look and share with your networks (in Paris, London, and Washington DC), and if you’re passionate about press freedom and looking for an exciting role with a busy global team - apply! 🧵

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT: Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law (Elgar Publishing, 2024), edited by Katarina Trimmings, Sharon Shakargy & Claire Achmad, has just been released. abdn.io/Cx

🇸🇰⚖️🇪🇺 The European Commission is warning Slovakia that its remaining recovery fund money is at risk over 'reforms' of the prosecutor's office. The Fico government has until tomorrow to respond. The rule of law crisis, receding in Poland, metastasises south. 1/

The Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee considered Roger Mullin’s anti-SLAPP petition earlier today. It was a genuine pleasure to engage in in-depth discussion with lawmakers about the need for anti-SLAPP laws, and routes to enactment.

Recording available here: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/citize…

I am very grateful to the Petitions Committee for the many interesting questions and comments posed during this morning’s session on my Anti-SLAPP petition. We now await the government’s response in a couple of weeks.

Opening question at petitions committee - is the government correct in adopting a reactive rather than proactive approach?

A big day for anti-SLAPP law in the UK tomorrow, and a big day for Aberdeen Law School’s Anti-SLAPP Research Hub.

Francesca Farrington and I will be at Scottish Parliament, and Erin Ferguson at the UK Ministry of Justice. Looking forward to productive discussions north and south of the border.

Our defamation paper! We reviewed over 100 post-Lachaux cases to determine what it means in practice to demonstrate serious harm. It has implications for anti-SLAPP proposals and jurisdictions like Scotland & Australia which recently adopted SH Bobby Lindsay papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…