The Julian Assange case – appeals to EHCR and U.S. government
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange – battling extradition from Britain to the United States – has lodged an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).And the editors and publishers of […]
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 Raab, more than 70 journalists, lawyers, […]
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 online abuse, harassment and death threats […]
News
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 […]
Human rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize 2022
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three champions of human rights in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian […]
Media Freedom
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 […]
Unity in the face of increasing threats
Preserving and extending media freedom has never faced greater challenges, and collaboration between professional journalists and international bodies committed to defending democracy and the rules-based […]
AEJ UK supports vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia
The AEJ was one of the organisations supporting @thedaphnefestiv at St John’s Waterloo on Sunday 16 October, to mark five years since Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia […]
Ukraine analysis
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Holding Russia accountable
International human rights lawyer Aarif Abraham argues that the only legal way to make Russia accountable for a crime of aggression in the Ukraine is to establish a special tribunal. At an AEJ UK lunch meeting […]
