South Africa, Feb. 21 -- The network seeks to ensure that individuals and organisations facing legal threats can access the support they need - these include journalists, smaller media outlets, community-based organisations and businesses that lack access to corporate or external legal representation. It aims to ensure co-ordination with several other international efforts of this kind to provide a stronger framework for defending free expression.

Media support and guidance

The network will focus on several key areas to strengthen legal protections for free expression and media freedom. Media freedom is critical - ensuring that individuals and media organisations can report and impart information freely and hold power to account without...