Increasing numbers of physical attacks on European journalists as they report on COVID and other stories
Against the background of reports from the Council of Europe safety of journalists platform showing that physical attacks on journalists more than doubled between 2019 and 2021 in the in the Council of Europe region, UNESCO Chair Coordinator Sara Torsner discuss this...
Why Britain must stop turning a blind eye to oppression
In this The World Today piece for Chatham House, Centre for Freedom of the Media Co-founder & International Director, William Horsley, discusses why Britain must stop turning a blind eye to oppression of media freedom. Read the full piece here.
The manual to stop impunity exists and must be used writes William Horsley on IDEI 2021
Message for Anti-Impunity Day 2021 by William Horsley, CFOM International Director, on the occasion of the "Roundtable discussion focusing on the important role of prosecutorial services in addressing threats of violence against journalists" arranged by UNESCO and...
IDEI 2021: UNESCO sounds the alarm on persistently high impunity rate for journalist killers
This press release has been republished from the UNESCO website in connection to the commemoration of the 2021 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. New statistics published show an 87% impunity rate for journalist killers. November 2, for...
CFOM partners with ICFJ on research into detecting, predicting and preventing violence against women journalists
This press release was originally published on 18 October on the ICFJ website. The project is led by Julie Posetti [1], Diana Maynard [2] and Kalina Bontcheva [3] who are members of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM). Towards an Early Warning System for...