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<p>The UK is committed to the promotion of media freedom and the protection of journalists
worldwide. A free and independent media is the lifeblood of democracy. My RHF the
Foreign Secretary has announced the launch an international campaign throughout 2019
to end the climate of impunity and mobilise a consensus behind the protection of journalists.
In the coming year and beyond, we are going to increase the global spotlight on media
freedom as an important issue and raise the costs to Governments, and Others, that
abuse media freedom. Later this year we plan to host an international conference on
media freedom with the aim of bringing the issue to the attention of opinion-formers
across the globe, promoting the value and benefits of a free media to a wide audience,
and mobilising an international consensus behind the protection of journalists.</p>
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