Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes, former Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, an international organization for human rights that defends and promotes freedom of expression and information around the world. Prior to this, Hughes was Executive Director and founder of Diversity, an international advertising network for online news media in countries where human rights are restricted and co-founder of VirtualRoad.org, a secure hosting service that provides protection to news media websites and civil society organizations. Prior to this, he worked as Deputy Director of the media development organization International Media Support (IMS), and also had roles in the European Commission, United Nations and Organization for Security Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).