Massive prisoner exchange frees Evan Gershkovich and others
Russia has released American journalist Evan Gershkovich in the biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history.Also among those released was one of the most prominent opponents of the Putin regime, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual British-Russian citizen and winner of the […]
Heavy jail sentences for Just Stop Oil protesters spark outcry
Human rights and freedom groups have joined a chorus of criticism against stiff prison sentences for five Just Stop Oil protesters.A Southwark Crown Court judge sentenced the activist environmental group's co-founder Roger Hallam to five years in prison and […]
International Court of Justice orders end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice, the UN's top court, has ruled that Israel's 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law.The court's 15-judge panel said Israel should stop settlement activity in the occupied West […]
UK government resumes funding for UNRWA in Gaza
The new Labour government has overturned a suspension in UK funding for relief agency UNRWA in Gaza and will provide £21 million in new support.Funding was frozen in January after Israel claimed 12 UNRWA staff were involved in the […]
Russia sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in penal colony
A Russian court has sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage in the first conviction of a US journalist for espionage in Russia since the Cold War ended more than 30 years ago.The Wall […]
Julian Assange freed from UK prison
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been released from the UK's Belmarsh high security prison and is back home free in Australia after making a plea deal with the United States justice department.He pleaded guilty in a US court in […]
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 […]
UK parties offer patchy policies on media
The party manifestos for the UK general election on July 4 were launched this week amid much fanfare and hype.But how much substance is there when it comes to policies on the media and […]
Europe’s “nightmare scenario” as elections near
With the European Parliament elections of June 6 – 9 predicted to show a turn to the right and ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, it's actually energy security that is likely to become […]
Putin’s war in Ukraine – and at home
Vranyo – Russian for I’m telling lies and you know I’m telling lies but I’m going to tell them anyway.That was veteran Russia watcher Mark Galeotti's judgment on the recent Russian election in which […]
Media Freedom
Growing challenges to journalism – Reuters Institute
The 2024 Reuters Institute Digital News Report warns that accurate independent journalism remains more important than ever but news media in many countries face challenges […]
RSF director Christophe Deloire
The AEJ UK notes with sadness the death from cancer of Christophe Deloire, director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in Paris on June 8.We have […]
CoE alert on Albania petrol bomb attack
The Council of Europe Platform on the Safety of Journalists has published a media freedom alert about a petrol bomb attack on journalists in Albania […]
News
Gaza journalists win world press freedom prize
UNESCO has recognised the unique suffering and fearless reporting of journalists in Gaza by awarding them the annual Guillermo-Cano World Press Freedom Prize. UNESCO says more than 100 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza since 7 October, and nearly all the rest have been injured, displaced or bereaved.From the start […]
International Court of Justice orders Israel to unblock aid to Gaza – Israel attacks aid convoy
The International Court of Justice has unanimously ordered Israel to allow full access to basic food and medical supplies in Gaza to head off famine.In a legally binding order on March 28, the court told Israel to take “all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered […]
AEJ joins call to protect journalists and media freedom in Israel-Gaza war
The AEJ has joined 17 other media freedom, journalist, and human rights groups to call for immediate and decisive actions to end Israel’s “deliberate targeting” of journalists in and around Gaza.The AEJ and other co-signatories condemn the killing of at least 83 journalists and media workers – an unprecedented number — in the first ten weeks […]
Ukraine analysis
Russian journalism in exile
What's it like for journalists who have fled Russia since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022? And the many independent […]
Reporting the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has turned Ukrainian journalists into war reporters.At a workshop of the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Media Freedom hosted by the centre's […]
Reflections on Mikhail Gorbachev
The death of former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev on August 30 2022 of course sparked strongly mixed reaction around the world.And perhaps unsurprisingly reopened wildly […]
