SLAPPs — or strategic lawsuits against public participation — are being increasingly used by the rich and powerful to bully and silence journalists, activists and NGOs.
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Businesses and politicians are using legal intimidation to stifle dissenting voices, and many cases go unreported, report by the Coalition Against SLAPPs says.
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EU co-legislators agreed on the directive to address the growing number of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and protect defendants from unfounded, abusive litigation on matters of public interest.
A bid to create EU-wide legislation to protect journalists and whistleblowers from Strategic Ligitation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) is faltering due to a few certain member states not wanting to concede control over their judicial systems, ME…
Press freedom groups say a PiS victory in October would ‘push Poland down the path to emulating the situations in Hungary, Turkey or Russia.’
Vaxevanis has so far received over 100 so-called “strategic lawsuits against public participation” (SLAPPs) for his work and he has won all of them.
The number of abusive lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders increased to a record 161 in 2022, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).
Some 161 abusive lawsuits were filed in European countries in 2022, the highest number mapped in a single year according to a report published on Wednesday (23 August) by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).
Andrew Caruana Galizia says new anti-SLAPP law would not have helped his mother.
We analyze the outcome of the recent elections in Spain and what it means for the country and the EU going forward. Also, we discuss the EU’s proposal targeting SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation, which often target journalists and civil society activists. Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO’s Aitor Hernández-Morales to discuss […]
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