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23/06/21

Whistleblowers, like journalists, must be protected as part of the public interest ecosystem

This week Unsafe for Scrutiny’s Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, spoke with Anna Myers, the Executive Director of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN), about the challenges related to whistleblower protection and…

Article by Susan Coughtrie and Anna Myers

02/06/21

A New Moment for Defamation Law Reform in Northern Ireland?

Article by Dr Mark Hanna

20/05/21

British media speak out about legal threats from the super-rich, while UK commitments to tackle financial crime and corruption appear to disappear

Article by Susan Coughtrie

21/04/21

Crackdowns on investigative journalism in Russia versus the lack of crackdown on corruption in the UK

Article by Lana Estemirova

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?

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?

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?

Article by Dr Susan Hawley

24/02/21

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

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

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

Unsafe for Scrutiny: Executive Summary & Recommendations

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

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

Article by Susan Coughtrie

09/12/20

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

Article by Clare Rewcastle Brown

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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