Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP

Member of Parliament for Maldon

World Press Freedom Day

Today, on World Press Freedom Day, Sir John Whittingdale MP asked the Prime Minister to reaffirm his commitment to defending media freedom across the globe.

In particular, he raised with him the cases of journalists, Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal and Vladimir Kara Murza, a British citizen, both of whom are imprisoned in Russia, as well as Jimmy Lai, a British citizen imprisoned in Hong Kong.