What hope for human rights and international law?-29 Sept.
As the USA seeks to “dismantle” the International Criminal Court and others openly challenge human rights institutions are war crimes and genocide becoming normalised? Brutal conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, across the Middle East, and in Sudan punctuate a […]
Supreme Court to hear appeal to overturn Palestine Action ban
The UK Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal against a lower court ruling that said the UK government’s ban on Palestine Action was legal.Legal cases against more than 3,500 people arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action […]
David Willey
David Willey, veteran BBC foreign correspondent based in Rome for 50 years, sadly died aged 93 on July 11.After reporting on the Treaty of Rome signing and then in Algeria, East Africa, Vietnam, and China, David was appointed BBC […]
Heatwave: a letter from Kyiv
Ukraine has been suffering from the latest heatwave just like the UK and much of Europe – on top of the continuing missile and drone attacks from Russia. We have another personal report from Kateryna Popova, returned to her […]
Appeal court rules ban on Palestine Action is lawful
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on 15 June that the government's ban on Palestine Action is legal, overturning a High Court judgment in Feburary that it was illegal.Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori said she would “fight this all […]
Palestine Action activists sentenced for alleged “terrorism connection”
Four convicted members of Palestine Action were given lengthy sentences on 12 June for causing criminal damage at a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit. Judge Jeremy Johnson decided to give longer terms than normal on such a […]
The AEJ UK
The AEJ UK is part of a professional network of journalists and specialists active across Europe, independent of any institutional or political group and recognised by the Council of Europe, the OSCE and UNESCO. We connect the newsmakers who shape our political and economic world with journalists, broadcasters and writers on European affairs. Meetings are open to journalists, academics and Europe specialists […]
Will a “Far-Right France” lead to a far-right Europe?
Once a pariah, France's Rassemblement National (National Rally) is now the country's most popular party and looks on track to win the presidency in 2027 — or perhaps sooner. To examine this and the […]
Spice Ports – beginnings of global trade
As U.S. President Donald Trump roiled the global trade order through 2025, the AEJ UK notes a timely book by AEJ member Nicholas Nugent on the beginnings of global sea trade to the West.The […]
The challenge of AI
Lawmakers and the media are racing to catch up with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, an enormous challenge with billions being invested in AI. On October 28 the AEJ UK hosted a panel […]
Media Freedom
“Why don’t we live up to our promises?”
Marking World Press Freedom Day, the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) hosted an online seminar on media freedom in the Commonwealth.Headlined "Why don't we live up […]
AEJ joins statement on media freedom in Turkey
The AEJ joined seven journalists associations in a statement on media freedom in Turkey as the world marked World Press Freedom Day and the release […]
Is Europe’s unique press freedom monitoring mechanism working?
By William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman A bold experimentThe Safety of Journalists Platform www.coe.int/fom is the world’s first continent-wide accountability mechanism for monitoring, reporting and protecting the safety of […]
News
Palestine Action activists found guilty in Bristol break-in
Four of 6 activists for Palestine Action were found guilty of criminal damage over a break-in at an Israeli-linked defence company after a retrial.In a retrial that ended on 5 May, one of the four was also found guilty in an 11-1 majority verdict of inflicting grievous bodily harm – but cleared of the more serious […]
UK government ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Three judges of the UK High Court have ruled that the government's ban of Palestine Action is illegal. The judgment on Friday 13 February 2026 agreed to a legal challenge from Palestine Action to the government's proscription on two of four grounds:- there was “a very significant interference” with the UK Human Rights Act's entitlement to […]
Europe’s human rights commissioner calls out UK protest laws
Europe's human rights watchdog has raised concerns about the policing of protests in the UK following arrests over the government ban on Palestine Action and says current UK laws “impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression". Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said the UK's current legal framework risks "overpolicing” […]
Ukraine analysis
Blackout – A letter from Kyiv
Russia has continued its relentless missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, particularly its infrastructure, despite telling U.S. President Donald Trump it wants peace.We have this […]
Dark storklings – another letter from Kyiv
It was ironic – or entirely appropriate – that President Volodymyr Zelensky was trying to walk a diplomatic and existential tightrope over Ukraine's future on […]
A letter from Kyiv
Kateryna Popova recently returned to her native Ukraine after completing an MA in War Studies in London where she joined meetings of the AEJ UK. […]
