Al Jazeera Journalism Review
Clive Stafford Smith
Clive Stafford Smith is an Anglo-American human rights lawyer who recently founded the new charity 3DCentre (3dc.org.uk), and who has often represented journalists being targeted in the ‘War on Terror’, including Sami Alhaj, the Al Jazeera journalist who was held in Guantanamo Bay.
Writer’s Articles
Human rights lessons from a ‘terrorist’ journalist
It has ever been the case that when a journalist reports crimes by a despot, militant group or even, these days, a so-called democratic state, he is liable to be labelled a criminal.
Published on: 30 Jan, 2022
Secrecy is journalism's deadliest foe
When journalists unquestioningly swallow the narrative put forward by governments in the name of 'secrecy', it serves no-one.
Published on: 12 Sep, 2021