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07/04/21

With growing public calls for a Council of Europe recommendation on SLAPP, is now the time for the UK to act on this issue or risk falling behind?

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Susan Coughtrie

24/03/21

Is the US pulling ahead in the global fight against corruption and what does this mean for investigative journalists?

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Susan Coughtrie and Casey Michel

10/03/21

The UK’s new corruption sanctions regime – Can it help end the UK’s role as a global money laundering centre and what role will journalists play?

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Dr Susan Hawley

24/02/21

How abusive lawsuits block accountability – and what we can do to fight back

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Charlie Holt

10/02/21

Unsafe for Scrutiny: Russian anti-corruption protests, ‘historic’ US anti-money laundering legislation, ‘Chumocracy’ and threats to freedom of information in the UK

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

Unsafe for Scrutiny: Executive Summary & Recommendations

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

The UK as a key nexus for protecting media freedom and preventing corruption globally

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

A scandal of corruption and censorship: Uncovering the 1MDB case in Malaysia

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Clare Rewcastle Brown

09/12/20

Investigative journalism in today’s Russia, and why the UK’s stance could actually make a difference

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Dmitry Velikovsky

09/12/20

Chișinău to London: A story about big money and small information

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Alina Radu

09/12/20

Tracking corruption from the heart of Europe to UK Overseas Territories: murder, death threats and a wall of silence

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Peter Sabo and Pavla Holcová

09/12/20

How UK anti-corruption groups work with journalists to push for change

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19, Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor at the European Centre…

Article by Ben Cowdock and Rachel Davies Teka

Publications

Unsafe for Scrutiny: How the misuse of the UK’s financial and legal systems to facilitate corruption undermines the freedom and safety of investigative journalists around the world

This is the second publication produced under the FPC’s ‘Unsafe for Scrutiny’ project.

09/12/20

Unsafe for Scrutiny: Examining the pressures faced by journalists uncovering financial crime and corruption around the world

Report highlights UK's role as top international source of legal threats to journalists

02/11/20

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