Symposium Events
War in Gaza
This session is split in two: an individual presentation, followed by a panel discussion. Gaza: Tallying the Journalist Dead A first-person presentation from Sherif Mansour, former Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, on the work to count the numbers of journalists killed in the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Who Did Nord Stream?
In September 2022 a series of massive underwater explosions destroyed sections of the two Nord Stream pipelines built to transport natural gas from Russia to Europe via Germany. The investigation found itself in a highly politicised environment, with three schools of thought: The Russians did it. The CIA did it. The Ukrainians did it.
Reports from the Frontline
Investigative journalism is under threat as never before. From Beirut to Athens, Paris to London, our four journalist partners have been targets of those attacks. In this session, each of those partners talk us through one of their national security stories and its aftermath in the form of harassment from the state.
Locking down Debate?
Have the convulsions of Covid-19 opened to the door to a creeping censoriousness, surveillance and authoritarianism? Are big tech companies shutting down debate and stoking conspiracy theories by excluding controversial voices, and is the technology for coronavirus surveillance and the social measures to combat it as useful as it seems?