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CASE is a coalition of non-governmental organisations from across Europe united in recognition of the threat posed to public watchdogs by Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)
🎉 Belgian real estate entrepreneur's SLAPP sniffed out by judge.

🧑‍⚖️ It's a SLAPP! A judge has ruled in favour of the defendant in the abusive lawsuit launched by Joost Debucquoy, flagged by the CASE in September, referring explicitly to SLAPPs in his judgement.

👀👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The rich and powerful continue to use #SLAPPs to silence activists, journalists, and human rights/environmental defenders.

🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together.

📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🌍🔍 Our member Green Armenia has launched “Advancing Anti-SLAPP Measures in Armenia” — exposing lawsuits used to silence #EnvironmentalDefenders, journalists, and civic activists.

📄 SLAPP Report
🗂️ Cases database
🎥 Video testimonies

Check out Tehmine's story 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipjm...
Թեհմինե Ենոքյան․SLAPP դատեր
YouTube video by Green Armenia
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
⚠️ Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse.

A new report from @indexoncensorship.org reveals how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️

www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
The legal system is being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence - Index on Censorship
Index has published a new report showing how survivors are facing abusive strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
⚫ 8 years since Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated for her journalism.

Her fight for truth lives on, but so does the threat of SLAPPs, used to silence reporters across Europe.

We continue to work with the @daphne.foundation to #StopSLAPPs and protect press freedom.

#JusticeForDaphne
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
✋ It’s a SLAPP!

🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit?

Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy.

👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
⚠️ IT'S A (DOUBLE) SLAPP!

@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.

📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀

#StopSLAPPs
a cartoon drawing of a red alarm with the words siren blaring above it
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a red alarm with the words siren blaring above it
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by CASE Coalition
📊 The European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, hosted by ECPMF and developed with the @casecoalition.bsky.social, tracks how governments across Europe are addressing abusive lawsuits.

Explore the Monitor and follow progress of your state here: slapp-monitor.eu
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌍 Yesterday was International Day of Universal Access to Information… but our #RightToKnow is under threat from SLAPPs.

A right that cannot be safely exercised is no right at all.

European countries have 6 months to implement the EU anti-SLAPP law - we urge them to get it right!

#StopSLAPPs
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Yesterday, with the support of @casecoalition.bsky.social, Lëvizja FOL gathered institutions, embassies, journalists & the Anti-SLAPP Coalition in #Kosovo to stress the need for collective action to protect democracy, human rights & free expression.

#StopSLAPPs
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🔴 Global press freedom hits 50-year low.

A new report from @internationalidea.bsky.social shows press freedom has declined in a quarter of the 174 countries studied.

Strong anti-SLAPP laws are needed in addition to other protections to reverse this trend.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds
The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leaders
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🖐️ It's a SLAPP!

🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...

#StopSLAPPs
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨 Launching the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor!

Developed by @ecpmf.bsky.social & @casecoalition.bsky.social, the tool shows how countries across Europe are rolling out anti-SLAPP protections – where progress is happening, where it’s stalled, and where more work is needed.‬

👉 Go to: slapp-monitor.eu
September 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
💥 Why is a multibillion-dollar fossil fuel pipeline giant getting so nervous?

After back-to-back lawsuits against Greenpeace in the US, Energy Transfer is now trying to shield itself from Europe’s new anti-SLAPP law. #StopSLAPPs

www.greenpeace.org/internationa....
August 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🔴 Red flag: Albania's new draft law makes "mockery" of politicians a crime, with penalties of up to three years in prison.

The law's vague terms leave it open to interpretation and prone to abuse, with huge risks for journalists, activists and citizens.

#StopSLAPPs

euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the...
Why is Albania criminalising 'mockery' yet going easy on corruption?
Article 235, the Desecration of the Republic and its Symbols, criminalises so-called “mockery” or ridicule of high state officials — including the prime minister, president, and ministers — with penal...
euobserver.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🏆 Earlier this year, we exposed some of the worst abusers of the legal system with the European SLAPP Contest

📺 Watch as Energy Transfer receives the International Bully of the Year award after SLAPP-ing @greenpeace.org with a nine-figure bully lawsuit 👇 #StopSLAPPs

www.youtube.com/shorts/5vEtP...
European SLAPP Contest 2025: International Bully of the Year
YouTube video by CASE Coalition
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July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🎭 The powerful use SLAPPs to silence voices and save face. But we won’t be quiet.

There’s a growing movement ready to expose those using bully lawsuits.

▶️ Watch oil giant ENI receive the highly coveted SLAPP Addict of the Year Award 🏆👇

#StopSLAPPs #EuropeanSLAPPContest
July 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣 Hands off our speech! 🤚

On July 2nd, over 50 organisations in 17 countries participated in a European Day of Action against SLAPPs, calling on governments to protect us from oligarchs, tech bros and all those weaponising the law to silence those speaking out in the public good.

Check it out 👇
July 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you thought corporate bullying couldn't go any lower, look again 👀👇

Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery clinic, targeted former patients with SLAPPs for leaving negative reviews.

Solidarity with the targets of Signature's bully lawsuits - @casecoalition.bsky.social is behind you all the way!
Last week we were in court to observe the appeal in Gotti v Perrett, the last live case in the series of SLAPP actions brought by Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery clinic. They had targeted former patients who had posted negative reviews about their care & a patient advocate. 1/6
July 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Last week, activists and organisations across Europe came together to say: #HandsOffOurSpeech

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here's what happened. ⬇️
‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists
After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 US billionaires are silencing climate activists and watchdogs. EU countries have the power to stop this but aren’t 🤔

Their bully lawsuits aren’t just silencing voices — they’re rigging the system for the powerful.

✋ Today 40+ orgs come together to say: #HandsOffOurSpeech #TimetoResist
July 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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What if the Grand Duchess Charlotte had been silenced? 🤐
This morning, we gagged the statue of the Grand Duchess Charlotte to denounce the growing number of SLAPPs – abusive lawsuits used to silence us.
📣 We stand with all those fighting for democracy across Europe today.
#StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢 Today, @greenpeace.org meets US oil giant Energy Transfer in a Dutch court in a first big test of the EU anti-SLAPP law.

ET's bully lawsuit aims to punish solidarity with the indigenous led Standing Rock movement.

40+ orgs across Europe say: #HandsOffOurSpeech
#StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist
July 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📣 #HandsOffOurSpeech!

Join us for a European Day of Action on Wednesday, 2nd July. Over 30 organisations in 11 countries will defend the right to speak out!

Find out more here: www.themovementhub.org/events-cal/e...

#StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist
European Day of Action against SLAPPs (Europe) - The Movement Hub
The European movement for social and climate justice is inviting you to join over 30 organisations in more than ten countries in a Day of Action against SLAPPs. Activities are so far planned in Romani...
www.themovementhub.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📢 Calling Polish environmental defenders!

😶 On June 30, @clidef.bsky.social is hosting a webinar bringing together leading experts to discuss how #SLAPPs are currently impacting climate action in Poland.

More info + register here 👉 www.climatelegaldefense.org/resources/po...

#StopSLAPPs
Ochrona działań na rzecz klimatu w Polsce przed SLAPP-ami — Global Climate Legal Defense
Global Climate Legal Defense is hosting a series of webinars to help educate the broader climate movement about the rising threat from SLAPPs, and how to prepare, prevent, and fight back.
www.climatelegaldefense.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM