Amal Clooney has used an awards speech to warn that the press is “under attack like never before” and appeared to draw a link between Trump’s attacks on the press and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Human rights lawyer Clooney, wife of Hollywood star George, made the remarks after being named Global Citizen of the Year at the United Nations Correspondents Association Awards this week.

“It feels like an important, even essential time, to honour responsible journalism,” she told guests at the New York event on Wednesday.