# MEDIA LEGAL DEFENCE INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128789
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 24, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1128789


## Contact

- **Address:** Media Legal Defence Initiative, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London
- **Postcode:** WC1V 7QH
- **Phone:** 08008405509
- **Email:** info@mediadefence.org
- **Website:** www.mediadefence.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND LAWS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1 MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS2 OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE3 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE4 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES5 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS6 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW7 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION8 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES9 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS10 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS11 ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS12 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE LAW

**Activities:** THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND LAWS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Algeria
- Argentina
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mexico
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uruguay
- Yemen
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3011724 | £2961680 | £1259654 | 20 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2866885 | £2949701 | £1209611 | 18 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2642048 | £2289942 | £1292428 | 17 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2092657 | £1991876 | £940322 | 16 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2805049 | £2771240 | £839541 | 15 |



## Trustees

- **Maria Teresa Ronderos Torres** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 25, 2020
- Catherine Anite — appointed Nov. 25, 2020
- Chivonne Li-Shan Preston — appointed Aug. 3, 2022
- David Trevor Jones — appointed July 24, 2019
- GALINA ARAPOVA — appointed March 3, 2022
- Hilda Elizabeth Rivera Rivas — appointed Oct. 23, 2022
- JIA YI RINA SEE — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Layal Bahnam — appointed May 6, 2025
- Peter Alexander Hyde — appointed Aug. 3, 2022
- Rachel Oldroyd — appointed May 13, 2025