First of all, Ms. Fry, I want to commend your work at the OSCE. Before I went there—I just want to state for the record—you were extremely helpful.
With regard to your point, it's true that we see democracy values, processes and institutions, freedom of speech and freedom of expression [Technical difficulty—Editor] a number of authoritarian regimes, which have used COVID-19 as an excuse.
Let me give the example of Belarus. At the media freedom conference, there's a prize that was created by Canada and the United Kingdom to recognize journalists who have done exceptional work. This year, the prize has been awarded to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
Well, that's one way. I think that giving them a voice so that the international community, with the high-level panel.... I spoke to Amal Clooney and with Lord Neuberger—and we have our own Irwin Cotler on the high-level panel—to see how we can best protect journalists. He talked about enhancing consular assistance to journalists. There are a number of streams.
I spoke at the International Bar Association, as well, to raise awareness of the plight that is being felt now by journalists. With the rise of authoritarianism that we see in many places of the world, we see freedoms going down. Those who are suffering on the front line have been journalists, in too many parts of the world.
We're always looking at the tool box. I think what I like about the high-level legal panel in particular is that they are really looking at legal tools that states could draw upon to make sure that we can better protect journalists around the world.