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🚨 SLAPPs shows no sign of slowing down in Europe. 📈 Today, on #InternationalAntiCorruptionDay, The Coalition against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation publish our 2024 SLAPPs Report: Mapping Trends and Cases. What's new? 🔴 166 cases in 2023 alone 🔴 1,049 cases in total since 2010 🔴 The majority of cases relate to corruption or environmental issues 🔴 Businesses and politicians are the biggest legal bullies 🔴 Journalists, in their independent capacity, are worst hit 🔴 The most SLAPPs were filed in Italy, Romania, Serbia and Turkey 🔴 SLAPPs were recorded for the first time in several European countries SLAPPs pose a grave threat to democracy and freedom of expression. With this report we call on policymakers, civil society, and media organisations to push for robust implementation of anti-SLAPP measures across Europe. Without stronger protections, public participation will continue to be eroded by those seeking to silence dissent. Read the report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d7uEm6TV #StopSLAPPs European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) - IFEX - Citizens Network Watchdog Poland - Index on Censorship - PILnet - ARTICLE 19 - Civil Liberties Union for Europe - ProPublica Public Communication - Free Press Unlimited - Thomson Reuters Foundation - Women In Journalism - ILGA-Europe - Greenpeace International - Amnesty International - ClientEarth - European Environmental Bureau - Transparency International EU - Friends of the Earth Europe - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa - European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
