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, […]
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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 […]
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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 – […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Commonwealth journalists call for action to match media freedom principles
The Commonwealth Journalists Association has welcomed the adoption by Commonwealth Law Ministers of a set of principles on media freedom – and urged them to […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Prime Minister Liz Truss
Liz Truss is the new prime minister of the UK – the fourth Conservative in six years. Two weeks into office on September 23, her […]
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