Managing Director of European Law Monitor, submitted a paper to the Inquiry on the implications of the failure of the UK Government to transpose an EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications into UK law.
Independent consultant to the police, local authorities, faith groups and private organisations and, at the time of the Inquiry, Public Relations Officer of the Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) Leicestershire. Expressed concern that the Inquiry had at that time not fully addressed the negative representation of Muslims in the media. He referred to a report from Lancaster University on the adverse effects of irresponsible and prejudiced reporting in the period 1998-2009.
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Founded in 1951. Set up to run the newspaper industry's training scheme, the NCTJ has developed into a registered charity serving all sectors of journalism. Aims to provide training that meets the demands of a fast-changing multimedia industry. Told the Inquiry that it was reviewing its approach to ethics training, with a view to introducing an assessed ethics module.
Founded 1841. Main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and responsible for representing psychiatrists, undertaking psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health problems. Submitted evidence expressing concern that the press rarely gave balanced accounts of issues relating to mental illness, that journalists hounded psychiatrists for information, and that there was a general unwillingness on the part of the press to try to understand mental health issues.
