Today 127 editors, lawyers, journalists, writers, publishers, associations and civil society bodies came together to tell Keir Starmer to make time to protect #freespeech and stamp out #SLAPPs. antislapp.uk/2026/01/28/m...

Today is the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition's 5th Anniversary ✨ To mark it, we have sent PM #Starmer a letter signed by over 120 reps from across media, law, academia & civil society, calling for universal anti- #SLAPP provisions to be included in the 2026 #KingsSpeech ⬇️ antislapp.uk/2026/01/28/m...

Today at 12:30 UK time - join us @fpcthinktank.bsky.social for this timely discussion on the Middle East in 2025. Registration details below ⬇️

📢 Come work with us! The FPC is looking to hire a Policy and Parliamentary Affairs Manager 📍Location: London 📆Applications Deadline: 20 July 2025 🌐Details & more info: fpc.org.uk/about/workin...

Our expert panel will be discussing the role of Central Europe in this complex moment, including attitudes on Putin’s war of aggression, the impact of the Trump administration & relations with the UK. There will also be an audience Q&A. 2/2

⏰ 2 weeks today: Our latest event w/ @astonuniversity.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social on Central Europe, chaired by Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP Speakers: @monikameislova.bsky.social, @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social, Vladimir Bilčík (@globsec.bsky.social) + Alexander Faludy. Register at link ⬇️ 1/2.

FoI Reform Bill is the focus of the Scottish Public Information Forum online meeting on Mon 16 June @ 10.30. Speakers - Katy Clark MSP, Scot Info Commissioner & CFoIS. ScotGovt will update on its FoI work @katysclark.bsky.social @foi.scot Join the discussion www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-p...

Drivers of Global Disorder Today 🌍 Corruption, particularly transnational corruption, and its impact on societies around the world, is the focus of the concluding article in our mini-series w/ City St George's, by FPC’s Director @skcoughtrie.bsky.social. ➡️ fpc.org.uk/corruption-a... 1/4

With the new year just around the corner, we are excited to announce our inaugural UK Media Freedom Forum, organised together with Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) and International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute

I'm very excited to be working with @fpcthinktank.bsky.social to host a major international summit on media freedom in 2025 at City University with @unesconow.bsky.social @coemediafreedom.bsky.social, IBAHRI, Justice for Journalists @citystgeorges.bsky.social Sign up- jfj.fund/save-the-dat...

In a year jam packed with elections, the developments around the recent Presidential Elections in #Romania have been some of the most eventful & concerning. Relative unknown Călin Georgescu defied all expectations, emerging as the forerunner after the first round of voting 1/4

NEW: Rifaat Al-Assad, "the butcher of Hama" & uncle of Bashar, used a Guernsey wealth advisor to help manage his billion-dollar empire amassed through massive looting of Syrian public funds, per court docs www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

We're celebrating 20 years of #FOI and 40 years of @cfoiscot.bsky.social in Glasgow, with opening reflections on the path to FOI from CFOI's David Goldberg, Sweden's Helena Jaderblom and former Deputy First Minister Lord Wallace of Tankerness.

Exclusive: Lord did not disclose pressure group link while opposing lawfare reform www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/25/l...

Last week saw the FPC host an ‘inspiring’ parliamentary roundtable on ‘Promoting Inclusive Peace’ with the APPG on Women, Peace and Security and the University of Birmingham which explored the pressing issue of how to negotiate, design and implement effective peace processes within UK foreign policy

🇺🇸 In the aftermath of the #USElections2024, #Trump's victory may mean that "... #Europe will need to become more serious about charting its own destiny" as @andygawt.bsky.social explains. Read the article here ⤵️ fpc.org.uk/us-election-...

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