The SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom at the Samir Kassir Foundation will take part in the Global Conference for Media Freedom to be held in London on July 10 and 11, represented by the Foundation’s President Gisèle Khoury, and Executive Director Ayman Mhanna. The Conference is co-hosted by the foreign departments of the United Kingdom and Canada.
SKeyes will discuss operational mechanisms to end impunity for crimes against journalists, measures to ensure the safety of journalists, amendments to legislation hampering freedom of expression, and support to media sustainability with international press freedom organizations, scholars and government representatives.
Meetings will be chaired by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.