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Three faces of impunity: Obstacles to justice for journalists

Gemma Horton May 2, 2025 International Director's Column 0

Photo Credit: Council of Europe  One: Lack of Political will On 9 April 2021 Greek investigative journalist Giorgios Karaivaz was gunned down outside his Athens home in broad daylight by two men on a scooter. Police said the professional style of the assassination...

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At 75 the Commonwealth Promises to Protect Media Freedom. But How?

Gemma Horton Dec 16, 2024 International Director's Column 0

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...

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Four major threats to press freedom in the UK

Gemma Horton May 3, 2024 International Director's Column 0

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...

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How international law can reverse the global assault on free speech: A review of a new expert guide

Gemma Horton Mar 19, 2024 International Director's Column 0

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...

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The Council of Europe has launched a continent-wide Campaign for the Safety of Journalists

Gemma Horton Oct 12, 2023 International Director's Column 0

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...

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‘To protect the truth we must protect the truth-tellers’: The Commonwealth and media freedom

Gemma Horton Sep 18, 2023 International Director's Column 0

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...

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Europe’s Media Freedom project aims to reverse “democratic backsliding”

Gemma Horton Jul 26, 2023 International Director's Column 0

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...

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The crisis for free expression calls for radical responses, so here are four of them

Gemma Horton Jun 1, 2023 International Director's Column 0

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...

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