The Anti-SLAPP Directive is now in place. What's next?

Save the date and join The CASE, ECPMF, and Council of Europe on November 14 for the Second European Anti-SLAPP Conference in Strasbourg! Keep an eye on our website to get a spot at the next #AntiSLAPPCon : anti-slapp-con.ecpmf.eu

⏰ Join us in one hour to mark #WPFD2024 and debate key challenges journalists face as Europe gears up for a crucial election season. We will look at rising threats, what is behind them, and the support independent media need to counter them.

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We welcome declarations made by MoJ Adam Bodnar at the conference in #Warsaw about robust anti-SLAPP safeguards incl decriminalising defamation. With 🇵🇱 Anti-SLAPP working group, we stand ready to be part of consultations.
📒Key takeaways:
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Robust anti-SLAPP laws can be a powerful tool to protect journalists, HRDs & civil society from #SLAPPs Check out UN Human Rights newly released briefer on the impact of SLAPPs on human rights and how to respond - including building on the #EU anti-SLAPP Directive The CASE

Roman Imielski Gazeta Wyborcza.pl Investigative journalist Wojciech Cieśla of Fundacja Reporterów (part of Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) brings a crucial perspective of media outlets that don't have great financial resources at their disposal. 'In my case, a lawsuit demanding steep compensation threatens my mortgage'

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.Roman Imielski underscores that #SLAPP cases against Gazeta Wyborcza.pl which were lodged during PiS rule by state-owned companies are still ongoing. The new govt must prioritise the dismissal of such abusive cases & genuinely commit to counter SLAPPs.

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💠Anti-SLAPP Conference in #Warsaw 🇵🇱 Day 2

#SLAPPs in Poland in practice
Roman Imielski of Gazeta Wyborcza.pl
Brygida Grysiak of tvn24
Agnieszka Jędrzejczyk of OKO.press
Wojciech Cieśla of FRONTSTORY.PL
Marzena Błaszczyk of Watchdog Polska

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.Charlie Holt delves into details on how legal, campaigns & advocacy Working Groups of The CASE operate. We're finalising legal ethics report & CASE Guidebook to foster conversation on lawyers' role in deterring #SLAPPs & supporting national WGs.
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.Matthew Caruana Galizia underscored the importance of collecting data and shifting the narrative around SLAPPs - legal harassment prompts the feeling of shame among journos& artists when in fact, being targeted shows that you reveal inconvenient truths.
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.Flutura Kusari laid out crucial aspects of the EU Directive: early dismissal & compensation of damages + EU Recommendation: e.g. training for legal professionals, awareness raising, support mechanisms, data collection & monitoring. #AntiSLAPPpl
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⚡️Several CASE members are in #Warsaw to discuss #SLAPPs – good practices from various countries, how civil society and govts can join forces to adopt robust anti-SLAPP measures that build on the #EU Directive but are not limited to its scope.

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Anti-SLAPP Conference in #Warsaw has kicked off
Our Joanna Szymańska with other organisers greets the guests joining us for a series of vital discussions on how to combat legal abuse & implement #EU Directive so it serves civil society in #Poland

Livestream: anti-slapp.pl