Jeremy Wright, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced today that the UK will set up a National Committee for the Safety of Journalists. Mr Wright made the announcement during the International Conference on Media Freedom hosted...

Members of the House of Lords highlighted the rise of attacks on journalists internationally and discussed the UK’s role promoting media freedom in a short debate on the effectiveness of national and international measures to curb attacks on journalists and...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has described attacks on journalists as “outrageous” and called for Governments across the world to take action to protect media workers. In a speech in Geneva, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described in detail the...

The UK should take the lead as international consensus grows around the need for decisive action to protect journalists who face attacks and intimidation just for doing their jobs, a Foreign Office Minister has said. In a debate on the...

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to make media freedom a top priority for the coming year and has announced plans for the UK to host an international conference promoting media freedom and the safety of journalists. In a speech this...