CASE

Everything you need to understand, fight, and build resilience against SLAPPs – whether on a national, regional or global level.

Case Study

Don Staniford – Price for exposing the dark side of salmon farms

Don Staniford is an English environmental activist dedicated to the exposure of Scottish salmon farming misdeeds.
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Story

Netherlands: Protect civic space against SLAPPs and other legal tactics

Legal intimidation and SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) are attempts to intimidate and silence public watchdogs through lengthy and expensive litigation proceedings and by starting meritless lawsuits. These threats mostly target civil society actors participating in public debates, including human rights advocates, whistleblowers, climate activists, and academics. Under the pretext…
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Report Resource

Advice concerning the introduction of anti-SLAPP legislation to protect freedom of expression in the European Union

Paper with analysis of current EU legal framework and recommendations for adoption of further measures. Advice concerning the introduction of anti-SLAPP legislation to protect freedom of expression in the European Union (43922)
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Action

Urgent: Proposed Anti-SLAPP Directive Threatened by European Council

CASE members have written to the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council about the draft compromise proposal for the European anti-SLAPP Directive. The Swedish Presidency’s compromise proposal is self-defeating, runs contrary to the purpose of the anti-SLAPP Directive and undermines its spirit, and fails to meet the …
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Report Resource

Defence Handbook for Journalists and Bloggers

Handbook on international standards (applicable to other public watchdogs as well). Defence Handbook for Journalists and Bloggers (41699)
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News Release Story

European Anti-SLAPP conference 2022

The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) will organise the European Anti-SLAPP Conference under the patronage of the European Parliament. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are legal threats and lawsuits used by powerful individuals and corporations to limit freedom…
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