Sielke Kelner is an OBCT researcher and advocacy officer working within the Media Freedom Rapid Response. She coordinates CASE Italia, a network of a dozen Italian civil society organizations supporting public watchdogs targeted by legal harassment, part of the broader network of the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe – CASE. Sielke holds a PhD from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and she completed her postdoc at Leiden University. Her research interests include Central and Eastern Europe, and the role of transnational actors in promoting democratic processes and human rights.