Political leadership is the only way to reverse the assault on press freedom in Commonwealth countries
The decisive moment for the countries concerned to grasp this nettle was to be a virtual meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers in March. Prominent on the draft agenda was formal consideration of the matter of adopting a set of principles on ‘media and good governance’, with freedom of expression, the role of the media and journalists’ safety at their core. But on 15 February the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) was abruptly informed that the ministers’ meeting is being postponed for at least six months.
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