Lawyers and journalists from South East Asian countries met in Cebu City, Philippines on October 27-29, 2009 for the 2nd South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference.
Center for International Law (CenterLaw) organized the conference with Britain’s Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Rule of Law Asia Program and Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). British Embassy Manila and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) also helped organize the seminar.
The conference allows lawyers and journalists from South East Asia to share their experiences on legal threats to freedom of speech, as well as strengthen their capacity to defend themselves from such threats.
Participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and East Timor are expected to build on the results of the 1st South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference held in Hong Kong on May 21-23, 2007.
The South East Asia Media Legal Defense Network is the first regional network of lawyers and media advocates dedicated to the defense of a free media in South East Asia and the training of legal professionals for that purpose.
The seminar was held at the Crown Regency Hotel & Tower at Fuente Osmena, Cebu City, Philippines.#
