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 […]
Read moreCulture 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, […]
Read moreAEJ guests on Brexit 2016-2023
For seven years since the UK referendum on leaving the EU, the AEJ UK has invited a range of guests to discuss many aspects of Brexit.
Read moreCambridge 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 […]
Read moreCommonwealth 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreRussia’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 […]
Read moreUK 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 […]
Read moreReporting 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 […]
Read moreMedia 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 […]
Read morePrime 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 […]
Read moreMarking the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Five years since the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia a series of events in London, Malta and online from Oct. 3 to 16 […]
Read moreRSF details Putin’s media control
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) has released a report on 22 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “persecution of journalists”. As Putin celebrated his […]
Read moreHuman 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 […]
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