The AEJ UK and University College London hosted a debate on 29 September about human rights and international law with guests Veronika Fikfak, a leading […]
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Court blocks Trump ban on White House media access
A U.S. federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, saying his ban […]
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Press freedom champion Andrei Aliaksandrau freed from jail in Belarus
From William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman The Association of European Journalists is thrilled and delighted that our longtime friend and colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau and his […]
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AEJ joins media outrage at acquittal of accused Malta murder mastermind
The Association of European Journalists has joined outrage in the international press freedom community at the acquittal of Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech accused of masterminding […]
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Supreme Court to hear appeal to overturn Palestine Action ban
The UK Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal against a lower court ruling that said the UK government’s ban on Palestine Action was […]
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Heatwave: a letter from Kyiv
Ukraine has been suffering from the latest heatwave just like the UK and much of Europe – on top of the continuing missile and drone […]
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Appeal court rules ban on Palestine Action is lawful
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on 15 June that the government’s ban on Palestine Action is legal, overturning a High Court judgment in Feburary […]
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Journalist groups condemn massive Russian attack on Kyiv
The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) have joined their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), in condemning one of the […]
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Media freedom at lowest point in 25 years
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns that media freedom is in its worst situation in 25 years with more than half the world’s countries now classified […]
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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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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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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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Pentagon reporters walk out over new reporting rules
Many reporters accredited to the Pentagon have turned in their badges and walked out after refusing to sign new rules requiring prior approval of information […]
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Media freedom in Bulgaria undermined
The Association of Journalists has joined a coalition of international media freedom organisations to call on the government and public authorities of Bulgaria for urgent […]
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