UNESCO and a network of Uruguayan universities will host the seventh edition of the Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Academic Conference will take place within the framework of the 2022 global celebration of World Press Freedom Day, co-hosted by UNESCO and the Government of Uruguay on 2-4 May 2022.
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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 worrying trend for the Conversation UK.
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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.
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On 16 December 2021, the Journalism Safety Research Network (JSRN) hosted the 2nd edition of the #JournoSafe FlashTalks, which has been created as a space for academics and civil society organisations to exchange research ideas to address journalism safety problems.
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Every year on December 10 Human Rights Day is celebrated as the anniversary of the adoption in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year more than ever, fierce battles over free speech and press freedom are being played out in full public view across Europe.
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