13 November 2012: CFOM Annual Lecture
Sadeq Saba, Head of BBC Persian Service gave a talk titled 'Revisiting Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century'. Sadeq Saba became the Head of BBC Persian Service in 2010. Prior to that, he was the BBC Iranian affairs analyst for over a decade. He has covered three...
News stories and coverage of the London Symposium
Now it is up to all those who care to make the UN Plan of Action work ‘Now it is up to UN agencies, civil society, media professionals and, most importantly, the numerous states that have endorsed the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the safety of journalists, to...
More than forty media organisations sign “London Statement” demanding strong UN action to stop the killings of journalists
The Centre for Freedom of the Media and the BBC College of Journalism jointly hosted a Symposium on Media Responses to Matters of Life and Death on 18 October in the BBC’s new London Headquarters at New Broadcasting House.Senior figures from leading international...
CFOM and BBC co-host symposium for global media editors on 18 October about the UN Plan of Action on Journalists’ Safety
The London symposium will bring together senior editors from global media organisations of all kinds (press, broadcasting and online) and from every continent. They will be joined by frontline journalists and international experts including Guy Berger, the senior...
22-23 November 2012 2nd UN Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
The 2nd UN Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity will take place at the United Nations Office in Vienna on 22-23 November 2012. The event will be co-hosted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the...