Amal Clooney recruited as UK's Special Envoy on media freedom

Another post to add to her CV.

Amal Clooney shows no sign of slowing down as over the weekend she accepted a new role in the UK foreign office.

The human rights lawyer has been appointed by the government as The Foreign Secretary’s Special Envoy on Media Freedom and Co-Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts.

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What does this new role entail? Clooney will be heading up a panel comprising of the world’s best legal minds to advise the government on improving media freedom and examine the current laws protecting journalists in the country.

“Through my legal work defending journalists I have seen first-hand the ways in which reporters are being targeted and imprisoned in an effort to silence them and prevent a free media,” she said in a statement.

The UK and Canada have launched a global campaign to #DefendMediaFreedom and shine a spotlight on media abuses.

Today @Jeremy_Hunt, @cafreeland and Special Envoy on Media Freedom Amal Clooney discussed how we can reverse the trend of violence against journalists. pic.twitter.com/daK3a6hYr7

— Foreign Office 🇬🇧 (@foreignoffice) April 5, 2019

As a barrister, Clooney has worked on a number of high-profile human rights cases and only a few weeks ago has partnered with Prince Charles’s Prince’s Trust International charity and had Female Empowerment award named after her.

On the day of the announcement, she wore Zac Posen.