Network: Legal Network for Journalists at Risk (LNJAR)
The Legal Network for Journalists at Risk provides journalists and independent media outlets around the world with critical legal support to protect their continued reporting on issues of vital public interest.
Around the world, several organisations are providing support to journalists at risk, but in the face of the increased legal threats to independent media, more effective coordination is urgently needed.
The Legal Network for Journalists at Risk (LNJAR) strategically coordinates the different types of support currently offered by various organisations with the goal of providing journalists and independent media outlets at risk with a single-entry point into an ecosystem of support. Cases against the media can take a long time to come to an end. Assistance offered through the network ranges from urgent legal representation, to ongoing assistance for the duration of a case, to systemic support to improve the legal environment in which the media operates.
LNJAR is an initiative comprising key member organisations and a steering committee composed of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Media Defence. It provides support to individual journalists and media outlets from the beginning to the end of their legal cases. It also produces practical legal tools that can help journalists navigate the ongoing complexities arising from weaponised legal measures introduced against them.
SEEK LEGAL SUPPORT
We support journalists and media outlets that are confronted with legal action as a result of their journalistic work. We consider journalism to be a function shared by a wide range of actors. This includes, but is not limited to, professional full-time journalists and media workers who share information through traditional channels, as well as citizen journalists who may use tools such as the internet and social media for self-publication in print, online or elsewhere.
If you are seeking legal support, please reach out to us at help@medialegalhelp.org
https://www.medialegalhelp.org/