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<\/p>\nOn Inside Geneva this week, we mark Press Freedom Day. Is there anything to celebrate?\n<\/p>\n
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April 28, 2026 – 09:58\n<\/p>\n
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\n Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva for SWI swissinfo.ch as well as the BBC. <\/p>\n
Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: \u201cThe role of journalists has never been under such pressure, and the sector itself is suffering. So these are very, very important times to take a deep breath and make sure that freedom of expression, and media freedom as part of that, is protected, because it is an extremely important pillar of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Increasingly, journalists are being attacked simply for reporting the facts.<\/p>\n
Antoine Bernard, Reporters Without Borders: \u201cWe are in times where facts have become a target; hence, journalists have become more of a target, and this means that they are the ones who are suffering most from the growing polarisation of the public debate.\u201d<\/p>\n
And are people manipulating press freedom and freedom of expression?<\/p>\n
Chris Morris, CEO, Full Fact: \u201cRegulating information is a really difficult thing to do well. Getting the right balance between the absolute need to protect freedom of expression and the need to protect people from harm online is really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irene Khan: \u201cYou have the First Amendment warriors talking about freedom of speech without any limit. But what they actually mean is freedom of speech for me, but not for you. Because when that happens, when you have freedom of speech without any barriers, then what happens is that we\u2019ve seen a surge of hate speech, attacks against migrants, and terrible misogynist attacks against women politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva.<\/p>\n