ExPRESSion RePRESSion: International efforts to protect journalists at risk

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Description:	Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less difficult to perform their job in the modern age of information dissemination? In what ways are they repressed or targeted in their work? What is the role of the State regarding impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists? And how can we stop this? These questions and issues were discussed during a public event organised by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights. The panel consisted of: Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Celia Davies, former Cambridge graduate and Project Development Manager at Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan; Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Joel Simon, Executive Director, Committee for the Protection of Journalists Moderator: William Horsely, former BBC correspondent and UK Chairman, Association of European Journalists Chair: Sharath Srinivasan, Director, Centre of Governance and Human Rights

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Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less difficult to perform their job in the modern age of information dissemination? In what ways are they repressed or targeted in their work? What is the role of the State regarding impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists? And how can we stop this?

These questions and issues were discussed during a public event organised by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights.

The panel consisted of:

Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;
Celia Davies, former Cambridge graduate and Project Development Manager at Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan;
Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
Joel Simon, Executive Director, Committee for the Protection of Journalists
Moderator: William Horsely, former BBC correspondent and UK Chairman, Association of European Journalists
Chair: Sharath Srinivasan, Director, Centre of Governance and Human Rights

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2012-03-08 10:30

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Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Centre of Governance and Human Rights

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University of Cambridge

S. Srinivasan

Language:

eng (English)

Keywords:

Journalists; Human Rights; Right to Life;

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Photographer:

Glenn Jobson


Abstract:	Journalists do more than simply bring us the story. They provide society with a key public good by disseminating new information. In this key role, journalists continue to face dangers both in conflict and in peacetime. They suffer from increasing censorship and restrictions on freedom of expression, bringing many into conflict with the governments they work under or the people they report on. Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less difficult to perform their job in the modern age of information dissemination? In what ways are they repressed or targeted in their work? What is the role of the State regarding impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists? And how can we stop this? These questions and issues were discussed during a public event organised by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights. The panel consisted of: Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Celia Davies, former Cambridge graduate and Project Development Manager at Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan; Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Joel Simon, Executive Director, Committee for the Protection of Journalists Moderator: William Horsely, former BBC correspondent and UK Chairman, Association of European Journalists Chair: Sharath Srinivasan, Director, Centre of Governance and Human Rights The purpose of the event was twofold: to present work done by researchers in collaboration with NGOs and UN bodies, and to discuss key issues concerning journalists, with a view to informing the stakeholders in their protection ranging from media agencies to the UN itself. It began with a first-hand perspective from Celia Davies, a recent Cambridge graduate working for a press freedom NGO in Azerbaijan, who herself has faced physical harm and insecurity in her work.

Abstract:

Journalists do more than simply bring us the story. They provide society with a key public good by disseminating new information. In this key role, journalists continue to face dangers both in conflict and in peacetime. They suffer from increasing censorship and restrictions on freedom of expression, bringing many into conflict with the governments they work under or the people they report on. Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less difficult to perform their job in the modern age of information dissemination? In what ways are they repressed or targeted in their work? What is the role of the State regarding impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists? And how can we stop this?

These questions and issues were discussed during a public event organised by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights. The panel consisted of:

Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;
Celia Davies, former Cambridge graduate and Project Development Manager at Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan;
Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
Joel Simon, Executive Director, Committee for the Protection of Journalists
Moderator: William Horsely, former BBC correspondent and UK Chairman, Association of European Journalists
Chair: Sharath Srinivasan, Director, Centre of Governance and Human Rights

The purpose of the event was twofold: to present work done by researchers in collaboration with NGOs and UN bodies, and to discuss key issues concerning journalists, with a view to informing the stakeholders in their protection ranging from media agencies to the UN itself. It began with a first-hand perspective from Celia Davies, a recent Cambridge graduate working for a press freedom NGO in Azerbaijan, who herself has faced physical harm and insecurity in her work.

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