Special
UK envoy on media freedom says Trump has inspired authoritarian leaders to try to silence journalists
Amal Clooney, the UK government’s special envoy on media freedom, has renewed her criticism of
Donald Trump as she acknowledged that her ambitious plans to combat media repression globally were being launched into a “pretty bleak” human rights landscape.
The British-Lebanese barrister told the Guardian that simple arguments about accountability for genocide that should have been easy to win at the UN security council had fallen foul of UN division.