| Heading: |
Journalism: Protection |
| Question ID: |
1728617 |
| UIN: |
5064 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4396 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rebecca Long Bailey
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| Asking Member handle: |
rlong_bailey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rlong_bailey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps with his international counterparts to negotiate a UN convention on the protection of journalists. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4264 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Doughty
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| Answering Member handle: |
SDoughtyMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SDoughtyMP
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| Answer text: |
The UK already works through existing UN conventions and mechanisms which require states to uphold rights that address the key risks faced by journalists. The UK also works through the Media Freedom Coalition to champion the protection of journalists. In ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |