William Horsley, CFOM International Director First published on Oxford Human Rights Hub. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa in late October 2024, leaders of the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth marked the organisation’s 75th...
William Horsley, CFOM International DirectorArticle first published by The Conversation here. Just five years ago, the UK took the bold step of setting up a Media Freedom Coalition of 50 countries committed to protecting press freedom against its enemies in...
William Horsley, CFOM International Director Article first published by the Foreign Policy Centre herePhoto Credit: IBA Human Rights InstituteThe global struggle to protect free speech has reached a new fever pitch. The power of news media to act as a safeguard...
CFOM’s international director William Horsley attended last week’s conference in Riga, Latvia, where plans for the ambitious campaign were unveiled at a conference entitled The Pen is mightier than the sword? Meeting today’s challenges to freedom of expression and the...
Recently, Commonwealth Law Ministers unanimously adopted the Commonwealth Media Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance. How will these principles expand upon the Commonwealth Charter’s Article 5 on Freedom of...
Europe’s Media Freedom project aims to reverse “democratic backsliding”July 26, 2023 | International Director's ColumnCouncil of Europe multi-stakeholder campaign to start in October William Horsley, CFOM International Director Eight years ago the Council of Europe...
CFOM International Director William Horsley reports on a meeting to imagine routes to a safe environment for journalists.The 2023 RSF Press Freedom Index highlights aggressive behaviour by governments towards journalists and the rapid growth of the “disinformation...
William Horsley, CFOM International Director, 26 April 2023“Is it time to scrap the Commonwealth?” The question was met with laughter when asked at a gathering of Commonwealth insiders last January in Windsor Great Park, but it was meant seriously. Joel Kibazo, a...