Record high infections, rising hospital admissions, a shortage of covid tests, a government resisting calls for tighter precautions. The data was unclear and incomplete. The […]
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Belarus chess
Belarus took another pawn in eastern Europe’s geopolitical chess on 14 December. As President Alexander Lukashenko battled sanctions over a migrant crisis on its border […]
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Media freedom struggles on Human Rights Day
This year’s Human Rights Day was marked more than ever by fierce battles over free speech and media freedom played out in full public view […]
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AEJ condemns legal actions by Roman Abramovich and Rosneft
The AEJ joined 18 other media freedom groups to condemn lawsuits against journalist and author Catherine Belton and her publisher HarperCollins. Russian businessman and Chelsea […]
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Another Covid Christmas?
Covid infections rising, hospital admissions up, more deaths, the worst record for covid cases and deaths in western Europe. And the UK government again resisting […]
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Covid, cash and contracts
The covid pandemic cost an estimated £370 billion in government spending from March 2020 to September 2021 said the UK National Audit Office, the UK’s […]
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2020 worst year for transparency
Investigative journalism website OpenDemocracy says 2020 was the worst year for transparency since the UK Freedom of Information Act came into force in 2005. And […]
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Public wants facts, fairness and objectivity
A study in four different countries for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism says audiences want journalists to focus on facts, objectivity and […]
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Daphne still needs justice
Four years ago investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb attack in Malta. Yet justice and accountability remain elusive despite a […]
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Parliamentary inquiry into government handling of covid
The UK government handling of the covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 was one of the “most important public health failures” in UK history. That […]
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Crusading journalists win Nobel Peace Prize
Two journalists – Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov in Russia – have won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their longstanding work […]
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Media blackout on Poland’s border with Belarus
The Polish government is facing new criticism over media restrictions – this time over a blackout on media reporting from part of its eastern border […]
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UK judge rules on misuse of Pegasus spyware
A senior UK high court judge has ruled that the ruler of Dubai hacked the phone of his ex-wife Princess Haya using the Israeli NSO […]
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Pandora Papers – revelations of the rich
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has released its latest leak of millions of documents revealing offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, […]
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Civil society groups demand real results from EU Rule of Law reports
The AEJ joined 60 other journalistic and civil society groups in an open letter to top European Commission officials criticising what they call the often […]
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