The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), the Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) will hold an inaugural UK Media Freedom Forum on March 4 […]
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AEJ leaves X (Twitter)
The AEJ-UK has disengaged from the social media platform X.It voted to leave at its Annual General Meeting in a judgment that X, formerly Twitter, […]
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Killing the Messenger – INSI on the global death toll of journalists
The International News Safety Institute (INSI) notes a “staggering, almost incomprehensible” total of 81 – eighty one – deaths of journalists in Gaza in its […]
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AEJ joins condemnation of media freedom attacks in Turkey
The AEJ has joined the International Press Institute (IPI) and many other organisations concerned about media freedom in issuing this statement condemning a marked increase […]
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Trump and the job of journalism – a view from America
As Donald Trump nears the end of his second week as president, the AEJ’s Llewellyn King provides some timely journalistic insights from Washington. King, a […]
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AEJ raises fresh alarm at threats to media freedom in central Europe
As Donald Trump and his friends take control in the United States, the AEJ has raised the alarm about gathering threats to media freedom in […]
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Belfast journalists win case against unlawful police surveillance
In a historic ruling on December 17, a special British legal tribunal made a significant judgment for press freedom and exposed unlawful police surveillance powers […]
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AEJ International annual congress – media freedom and AI
Two topics that capture the enormity of the challenges facing journalism and the media dominated the Association of European Journalists annual congress in Rome: media freedom and artificial intelligence.
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CoE member states call for stronger journalist protections
Marking International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 11 member states of the Council of Europe have made a collective call for states everywhere […]
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The AEJ has joined partners of the Council of Europe’s Platform on Safety of Journalists to call for authorities in the Irish Republic to improve […]
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Social media and reporting
The Commonwealth Journalists Association annual lecture will be on “Social media and challenges to reporting” on November 22 by Roger Mosey, Master of Selwyn College […]
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Massive prisoner exchange frees Evan Gershkovich and others
Russia has released American journalist Evan Gershkovich in the biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history. Also among those released was one of the most prominent […]
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Heavy jail sentences for Just Stop Oil protesters spark outcry
Human rights and freedom groups have joined a chorus of criticism against stiff prison sentences for five Just Stop Oil protesters. A Southwark Crown Court […]
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Russia sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in penal colony
A Russian court has sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage in the first conviction of a US journalist for […]
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Julian Assange freed from UK prison
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been released from the UK’s Belmarsh high security prison and is back home free in Australia after making a plea […]
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