The coronavirus pandemic marked a worrying new wave of serious threats and attacks on media freedom in Europe warned the Council of Europe Platform to […]
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Analysing Cambridge Analytica
The Cambridge Analytica story first looked like a plotline out of U.S. TV series Homeland – allegations of an illegal data grab used to manipulate […]
Read moreNews fakers almost face justice
Two key and interlinked characters in the ongoing fake news sagas of recent years faced forms of justice in 2020 – almost. In the USA, […]
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Big lies and big tech
Ex U.S. President Donald Trump has sued three of the globe’s biggest tech companies. He claimed in his suit filed on July 7 2021 that […]
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UK Police Bill threatens free speech
Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his overwhelming Parliamentary majority to push through controversial legislation that would allow police to curb the right of protest and […]
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AEJ actions on media freedom
The AEJ is constantly taking and joining action aimed at protecting media freedom.The AEJ works closely with the Council of Europe and is part of […]
Read moreAEJ helps reverse U.S. journalist visa plan
The AEJ and major global media organisations have helped convince the U.S. government to withdraw a restrictive plan to limit the time foreign journalists and […]
Read moreAEJ campaign for justice in Slovakia murders
The AEJ has played a role in the campaign for justice in the murders of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova. On […]
Read moreA turning point for media freedom in Europe?
A major conference of European media ministers has highlighted the actions of European governments accused of persecuting journalists. Council of Europe ministers responsible for media […]
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Belarus plane arrest provokes outrage
The forced landing of a Ryanair passenger jet and subsequent arrest of a prominent opposition journalist in Belarus on May 23 2021 sparked international outrage […]
Read moreCouncil of Europe warns of democratic backsliding
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, has issued a stark warning that the increase in violence against journalists demonstrates “a […]
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Covid and the media
The AEJ is among 14 media freedom organizations which have noted and monitored a worrying new wave of serious threats and attacks on media freedom […]
Read moreCovid – early 2021
In June 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his plan for coming out of a two-month lockdown with a staged series of measures opening schools, […]
Read moreThe government in court
At the end of April 2021 the UK High Court ordered the UK government to disclose documents and correspondence relating to ministers’ knowledge of a […]
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AEJ joins protests against jailing of Navalny
Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny ended a three week protest hunger strike on 23 April 2021. There had been concern about his health, and alarms […]
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