The PATFox Project: 55 Lawyers Prepared to Defend the Press in SLAPP Cases Following CIJ Trainings

The Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) held three trainings this spring for lawyers who want to defend journalists, NGOs and human rights defenders in cases of SLAPP litigation. SLAPPs or strategic litigation against public mobilization are a growing threat to freedom of expression across the European Union. However, Romania is not an exception, litigations that …

How the public learned about an abuse of several million euros

The Culture & Mass Media Federation FAIR-MediaSind (Federația Cultură și Mass Media FAIR-MediaSind) is the first Romanian organisation to benefit from the free testing of the whistleblowing platform GlobaLeaks, as part of the Expanding Anonymous Tipping project. The project is financed by the European Commission and is implemented in 10 member states, the Romanian partner …