Locking Up The Truth
Governments are targeting not just individual reporters but also media owners, including Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai and Guatamala’s José Rubén Zamora.
The Speakers
Highlights
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC: "Jimmy Lai is behind bars for conspiracy to commit journalism"
2 mins
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Jose Zamora: “They went after anybody and everything that he could use to defend himself.”
1 min
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Lawfare: Repressive governments emboldened to go after media organisations
1 min
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Dennis Kwok: "Jimmy Lai will spend the rest of his live giving back to the Hong Kong people."
2 mins
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC: "They don't only go after the journalists, they go after their sources"
1 min
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4 Ways to Help Imprisoned Journalists
4 mins
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Jose Zamora on the repressive regime playbook
3 mins
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Jose Zamora: "At some point governments realised killing journalists comes at a very high price"
2 mins
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Opening Remarks
The inaugural Sir Harry Evans Global Summit in Investigative Journalism is hosted by Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni, Durham University Vice Chancellor Karen O’Brien, and Evans’ wife, Tina Brown CBE.
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Iran’s War On Journalists
A courageous Iranian journalist and activist who helped spark the protests in Iran plus a reporter whose new podcast sheds light on the Islamic regime's attempts to silence her and other expat Iranian journalists.
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Rebooting Legacy Media
The leaders battling the headwinds facing mainstream media.
