UK govt publishes action plan for journalists' safety
The Government has published its action plan to better protect journalists from threats of violence and intimidation, which includes every UK police force being given access to a designated journalist safety liaison officer. Abuse aimed at UK journalists going about their work has included them being punched, threatened with knives, forcibly detained and subjected to rape and death threats, the Government said. In the past year two men have been jailed for threatening regional journalist Amy Fe...
Source: pressgazette.co.uk