The world’s response to covid – what went wrong and right
For two years the covid pandemic dominated our news, shocking us with the impact of its spread and the variation in policy responses from different governments.Now there's an argument that many […]
Russian warlord investigation forces UK to review sanctions
The UK government is reviewing its regime of sanctions against Russia after openDemocracy revealed that the UK Treasury gave sanctioned Russian warlord Yevgeny Prighozin – founder of the Russian mercenary group […]
UK national security bill threat to whistleblowers
The AEJ UK joined more than 30 other journalistic and media freedom organisations in signing a letter in The Times warning that the National Security Bill currently before parliament lacks the […]
News
UK government urged to stop SLAPPS
Leading UK editors have called on the UK government to back meaningful anti-SLAPP protections to defend media freedom.In an open letter to Justice Secretary Dominic […]
Media priorities for a new government
As Britain’s third Prime Minister this year, Rishi Sunak, takes office there are some pressing media issues in the government’s in-tray, writes David Worsfold. These […]
Truss resigns after 45 days
The whirlwind of chaos that has gripped British politics for most of 2022 swept another Prime Minister out of office on 20 October when Liz […]
Media Freedom
Culture Secretary scraps plans to privatise Channel 4
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has reversed plans by Boris Johnson's government to privatise Channel 4.Her department confirmed a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, leaked […]
Cambridge Analytica – Facebook agrees to largest ever court settlement
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users' information with Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based […]
AEJ-UK condemns social media threats and smears by Turkish public figures against journalist Amberin Zaman
Since last Thursday (3 November) the UK-based senior correspondent for the Al-Monitor news website, Amberin Zaman, has been subjected to a massive wave of shocking […]
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 […]
Ukraine eastern offensive historic?
One of Britain's pre-eminent military analysts says a rapid and surprise Ukraine advance in the northeastern Donbas region is historic.Ukraine in early September claimed to […]
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. […]
Margaret Hughes 1940-2022
It is with deep regret that the AEJ UK notes the death of Margaret (Maggi) Hughes.Margaret was a journalist for more than 30 years, mainly at the FT and The Guardian.A long-time AEJ member, she was […]
Russia’s disintegrating neighbourhood
Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, brought his expertise on Russia, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to an AEJ UK lunch on November 23.He examined the impact on Russia's neighbours of the war in […]
The view from Palestine
Dr Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK since 2018 and former adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, was strongly critical of western hypocrisy towards Palestine when he spoke at an AEJ UK […]
