The AEJ International has joined 25 media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’, and human rights groups to protest against Turkey’s increasing use of its “disinformation […]
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History lessons – and their limits and virtues – June 4
The AEJ UK will host eminent historian and commentator Michael Burleigh at a meeting on June 4. He will survey today’s heated rivalries between America, […]
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AEJ International debate on the Hungarian election
On April 13th, the AEJ International organised a Zoom-conference about the outcome of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary which also have a major European dimension. […]
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Media Freedom in 2025 – On the Tipping Point
Press freedom in Europe in 2025 was “under sustained pressure, driven by legal threats, attempts at media capture and transnational repression” notes the annual Media […]
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AEJ joins public call for BBC World Service to be “defended not defunded”
The AEJ and eight other organisations have called on UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to end uncertainty over the government’s future funding of the BBC […]
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UK government ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Three judges of the UK High Court have ruled that the government’s ban of Palestine Action is illegal. The judgment on Friday 13 February 2026 […]
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Will a “Far-Right France” lead to a far-right Europe?
Once a pariah, France’s Rassemblement National (National Rally) is now the country’s most popular party and looks on track to win the presidency in 2027 […]
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Call for strong anti-SLAPPS measures
William Horsley, chair of the AEJ in the UK, has joined 120 signatories including the editors of several national newspapers, senior legal figures, and the […]
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Blackout – A letter from Kyiv
Russia has continued its relentless missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, particularly its infrastructure, despite telling U.S. President Donald Trump it wants peace.We have this […]
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AEJ calls for the release of imprisoned Belarus journalist
In the week of 12 January, members of the Association of European Journalists in the UK and across Europe remember our former colleague, the Belarus […]
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Dark storklings – another letter from Kyiv
It was ironic – or entirely appropriate – that President Volodymyr Zelensky was trying to walk a diplomatic and existential tightrope over Ukraine’s future on […]
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AEJ International congress 2025
The 2025 AEJ International general assembly and congress gathered in Brussels on November 14 and 15 with discussions about the multiplying threats to media independence, […]
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The challenge of AI
Lawmakers and the media are racing to catch up with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, an enormous challenge with billions being invested in AI. […]
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Europe’s human rights watchdog has raised concerns about the policing of protests in the UK following arrests over the government ban on Palestine Action and […]
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AEJ marks anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder with call for journalist protections
On the 8th anniversary of the appalling murder on 16 October 2017 of the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Association of European Journalists […]
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