COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH REPORT SAYS PUNITIVE LAWS IMPEDE FREE SPEECH; AND SEEKS SWEEPING REFORMS
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...
New report on journalist safety in Cambodia applies human rights-based monitoring framework developed by CFOM researcher
A new report documenting threats and attacks against journalists in Cambodia applies a human rights-based monitoring framework developed by CFOM-researcher Sara Torsner. Covering the first quarter of 2025, the report is published by the Cambodian Journalists Alliance...
CFOM Researchers host panel at World Press Freedom Day 2025 Academic Conference
As part of World Press Freedom Day 2025, CFOM Researchers and the UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to take part in the Academic Conference. They hosted a panel focusing on their research on...
New ESRC-funded research project on impunity for human rights violations against journalists
CFOM’s Sara Torsner has been awarded an Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) grant for the project Profiling impunity for human rights violations against journalists: A systematic account of state-based harm and practices of resistance. The project will run for 2...
CFOM publishes new report on legislative threats to media freedom
In October 2023, CFOM hosted a workshop with attendees from academia, journalism organisations, and civil society organisations to discuss the legislative threats to journalism in the United Kingdom. The one-day workshop, held in person at the University of...