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

Case Study

KARL BÄR

Karl Bär is a German environmentalist and agricultural policy expert who was hit with a SLAPP as a result of his work for the Munich Environmental Institute. Bär advocates for a pesticide-free agriculture and was sued by the South-Tyrolean agricultural minister, Arnold Schuler, after criticising high pesticide use in the…
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News Release

Statement on the Need for a Council of Europe Recommendation on Combatting SLAPPs

The undersigned groups, representing a range of different public watchdogs (including journalists, activists, NGOs, lawyers, trade unions, workers’ representatives, scholars and whistleblowers), call on the Council of Europe (CoE) to act on the growing threat of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). SLAPPs are abusive lawsuits filed by powerful individuals…
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VALERIE MURAT

Valérie Murat is an anti-pesticide activist from the French Bordelais region where the world-famous Bordeaux wines are produced. Murat’s father was a winegrower who died of cancer, an officially acknowledged occupational disease for farmers in France. After his death Murat started the organisation “Alerte aux Toxique” to raise awareness about…
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HRVOJE ZOVKO

Hrovje Zovko is the President of the Croatian Journalists Association, which has tallied at least 1,163 lawsuits against journalists and media associations ongoing in the country – with plaintiffs claiming almost HRK 68 million (9 million euros) in total. More than 30 of these lawsuits were filed by the public…
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OKKE ORNSTEIN

Okke Ornstein is a Dutch journalist who was targeted for his work exposing corruption in Panama. Ornstein was imprisoned for criminal defamation after writing about the convicted fraudster Monte Friesner in 2016. Upon his return to the Netherlands following his release, he then faced multiple civil defamation lawsuits filed by…
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NATASA KANDIC TESTIMONIAL

Nataša Kandić is an internationally-acclaimed human rights activist and director of the Centre for Humanitarian Law (HLC) in Serbia. Kandić has spent the last three years fighting for accountability for human rights violations and war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s – in particular, the 1995 Srebrenica…
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