The Council of Europe has reminded Turkey that it has an obligation to respect rights protected under the European Convention on Human Rights. The notice […]
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Judge orders Trump officials to give AP full presidential access in media freedom case
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore the Associated Press’s (AP) full access to President Trump, ruling that banning the outlet violated […]
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Trump’s attacks on the media
Donald Trump has been criticising and attacking the mainstream media for 10 years – now he’s president again he’s taken a series of actions to […]
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Judge blocks Trump attempt to dismantle Voice of America
President Donald Trump’s efforts to make deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming have been temporarily stopped by a court order. […]
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Just Stop Oil stops?
Environmental activist group Just Stop Oil says it’s ending its campaign of civil resistance. Making the announcement on March 27, it claimed to have run […]
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The Atlantic publishes secret Signal chat – White House calls editor “anti Trump hater”
The editor in chief of The Atlantic has published the full Signal chat between senior U.S. national security officials about an attack on Yemen’s Houthis […]
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Zoom meeting on journalism in Slovakia-April 1
The AEJ Austria and AEJ Romania hosted a Zoom meeting with Slovakian journalists on the current difficult media situation in Slovakia on April 1. Guests […]
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Attacks on journalism affect democracy – Media Freedom Forum
“The survival of professional media – the fourth column of democracy – plays a vital role in preserving democracy and security,” notes the Media Freedom […]
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Europe’s human rights spokesman: Trump US aid cuts threaten journalism
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, has called on EU member states to counter severe damage from US President Donald Trump’s […]
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Press freedom in Europe:confronting political pressure, disinformation and erosion of media independence
The AEJ joined 14 other partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists on 5 March 2025 to urge the […]
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The Trump way comes to the Washington press
Honorary AEJ member Llewellyn King has been reporting for decades from Washington and is founder and executive producer/host of the White House Chronicle news and […]
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Rupert Murdoch turns against Trump
Rupert Murdoch’s American newspapers turned on U.S. President Donald Trump after he falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, The i Paper reports. […]
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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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Succession – inside the Murdoch family saga
As Rupert Murdoch and his family struggle again over control of the family empire, the New York Times has detailed a secret legal battle perhaps […]
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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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