July 2019, OMN/Channel 4 Television event

Chaired by Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News

The event explored what could be done under an unravelling world order to shore up international safety protocols. Report after report from specialist international agencies such as the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists and the UK-based ARTICLE 19 stress that press freedom is under more threat internationally than at any time since the end of World War II. The event focussed on attacks on journalists and discussed ideas on how to better safeguard freedom of the press and mechanisms to hold to account those who target journalists.

Speakers

• Dorothy Byrne, Head of News & Current Affairs Channel 4 (Opening Remarks)
• Rasmus Nielsen, Professor of Communication & Director of the Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, who provided a global overview
• Mimi Mefo, Award Winning Journalist at Equinoxe TV Cameroon & Pen Sponsored Journalist, who gave her account of being imprisoned for her reporting
• Her Excellency Baiba Braize, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, who introduced a pioneering new initiative in this area