National laws in many of the 56 Commonwealth member countries severely impede press freedom and unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression. That is the damning finding of a research report published on 9 September 2025 by the Commonwealth Human Rights...
Updated 2 July 2025London recently provided an international stage for the Chief Advisor to the Bangladesh government and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus (right), to present a positive account of his efforts to unite the nation and restore...
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...
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...