PATFox Germany co-hosts debate on SLAPPs at Uni Heidelberg

McBride was awarded Blueprint’s International Whistleblowing Prize for 2022

74 civil society organisations have written to the EU institutions and the Ministers of Justice of all EU Member States to reiterate their concerns regarding the progess of the anti-SLAPP Directive

SLAPP cases are different because they aren’t simply transactional in nature… they cannot be treated and handled by applying the ordinary rules of the game

Bras dos Santos accompanied Ende Gelände in November 2019 to report on their civil disobedience actions against the environmental devastation caused by lignite mining

Ariane Lavrilleux questioned by French internal security service during 39 hour ordeal in police custody

Project convenes SLAPPs workshop at conference bringing together international experts on financial crime

“The decisive factor in assessing whether a case is a SLAPP is where the power resources are.”

Participation in important public debates must be possible and free of legal intimidation

The Council of Europe wants member states to promote anti-SLAPP training - this is what we think they should add

Germany finally backs anonymous reporting in a regulation we welcome (with some caveats)

An alliance of German civil society organisations put their concerns on record, ahead of critical trilogue discussions