Target Group: Media outlets

24/7 rapid-response emergency assistance for people under digital attack

Documenting Ukraine is awarding one-time project grants of 5000 EUR.

If confronted with legal action as a result of the reporting: Funding for legal defence; Advice to find a lawyer; Technical legal support to lawyer; Support to bring legal action to compel the state to protect the journalist’s rights if they have been violated, including to investigate abuses and bring perpetrators of attacks to justice.

Free legal support if you are based in England or Wales. Barristers can: Represent you in any court/tribunal; Give legal advice in a meeting or over the phone; Give legal advice in writing; Draft documents such as skeleton arguments.

legal support, online crisis communication, technical support

Measures to address the psychological and psychosocial impacts of digital threats; Replacement of professional equipment and journalistic material (hardware or software) which has been taken, lost or stolen as a consequence of the type of work; purchase of more secure hard- or software and costs related to implementation of the new systems; technical or non-technical activities to respond to urgent issues such as internet blockages; training or accompaniment on digital or other security issues; measures to improve physical security (which…

Running costs Launch of a new independent exile media Re-launch of an established independent media in exile. Possible costs: Team relocation, salaries, fees (incl. taxes), office / studio, technical equipment, software licences, development of communication channels (e.g. website), capacity building (e.g. SMM, fundraising, language courses), consulting / services (e.g. lawyers, realtors, psychotherapists), travel expenses, other

First priority funding: Protection and media equipment purchases and delivery to Ukraine (here is a list of supplies – we are delivering via Poland and Romania) Direct operational and financial support to media in Ukraine (e.g., covering IT costs, insurance, transport, and purchase of supplies) Long-term needs: Support for media staff relocation to EU countries Setting up offices and accommodation of media staff in EU countries

Subsistence costs to cover a legal or judicial assistance, covering legal costs when you are sued or filed a lawsuit; Subsistence costs to meet most basic needs for you and/or your family in exceptional situations; Subsistance costs to cover medical needs after an assault; Financial support for temporary national or local relocation.

Basic legal support for: A lawyer or legal expert and other legal fees Support in prison Initial assistance for family of detained media workers

Financial support to cover lawyer’s fees and assistance in accessing relevant legal representation; General guidance; Access to expertise in policy and law making; Engagement in national or international litigation; Provision of independent analysis, observation or advocacy around a case.    

Support for litigation of a case through multiple instances, from first instance through to the final appeal. Example: a challenge before the European Court of Human Rights against police use of facial recognition technology.

To initiate and support legal proceedings of a fundamental nature that continue to allow the professional group to do its work as freely as possible; Defending freedom of the press in the broadest sense of the word to make funds available for conducting fundamental proceedings, which should enable the freedom of the press of the Dutch media and more specifically the operation of those media in the most optimal unhindered conditions

Digital security resources that help you to circumvent censorship and communicate safely and securely; Security training  (on location or online); Subsistence costs: short term support if you are not able to work, or costs to temporarily flee an unsafe or vulnerable situation; Family support: temporary support for family members of journalists who are unable to work, who are imprisoned, or who are deceased; Professional equipment: digital tools like VPNs for online protection and work materials in exceptional cases; Medical assistance:…

Support for activities to prepare for planned litigation. This could include legal research, evidence gathering, forum selection or identifying claimants and project partners.

legal assistance, rendered voluntarily and free of charge