About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges to press freedom in light of Press Freedom Day, featuring insights from UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan.
Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week, we mark Press Freedom Day. Is there anything to celebrate? Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: “The role of journalists has never been under such pressure, and the sector itself is suffering. So these are very, very important times to take a deep breath and make sure that freedom of expression, and media freedom as part of that, is protected, because it is an extremely important pillar of democracy.” Increasingly, journalist...
People in this episode
Guest: Irene Khan
Topics covered
- press freedom
- journalism
- freedom of expression
- democracy
- media freedom
Keywords
- press freedom
- Irene Khan
- freedom of expression
- journalism
- democracy
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Organizations: UN
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