SLAPP
“Irrelevant” is the word most often uttered at today’s main trial, following the criminal complaint by judge Dušanka Djordjević and her husband, lawyer Aleksandar Djordjević, against Stevan Dojčinović, editor-in-chief of...
The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), of which the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is a member, issued a statement welcoming the adoption of the Recommendation on countering the...
The European Parliament today adopted with an overwhelming majority (546 in favour, 47 against, 31 abstentions) the Anti-SLAPP Directive, intended to protect journalists and media outlets from abusive litigations. The...
These provisions include first and foremost a strong early dismissal mechanism for all SLAPPs. If the Directive fails to ensure that all claims against public participation are subject to a...
Commenting on the need of the directive Vera Jourova, Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency said: “It is a David and Goliath fight. Yet, in democracy, the...
The first-ever comprehensive study aims to identify the scale, nature, and impact of SLAPPs in Europe. Initiated by wealthy and powerful litigants, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) is an...
Operating in a country where journalists are subjected to almost daily attacks from the ruling elite and pro-government media, KRIK’s team of 14 is accustomed to vicious personal smear campaigns...
“The committees agreed to include in the scope of protection media organisations, publishers, human rights and environmental activists next to journalists, NGOs, academics and civil society. However, the clear definition...
The plaintiff has selected Commercial Court, which seldom hears cases against media on the basis that “the subject of this dispute is the determination of acts of unfair competition and...