“Mob rule is replacing democratic rule” – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.“Islamists … have got control of London” – Lee Anderson, former Conservative party deputy […]
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Press freedom in Europe: time to turn the tide
The AEJ joined 14 other partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists on March 5 to urge action on […]
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SLAPPs get slapped
The UK Parliament has backed a measure to tackle the use of SLAPPs – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. This legal tactic has been widely […]
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AEJ joins call to protect journalists and media freedom in Israel-Gaza war
The AEJ has joined 17 other media freedom, journalist, and human rights groups to call for immediate and decisive actions to end Israel’s “deliberate targeting” […]
Read moreMedia freedom in Hungary roundtable
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch held an online roundtable discussion on media freedom in Hungary on 23 February. The host […]
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Israel now a leading jailer of journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists has found Israel is one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists following the October 7 start of the Israel-Gaza […]
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The freedom and health of UK media – a point of view
From Charles Jenkins, AEJ UK Secretary(Originally written for the Il Giornale Europeo website – https://www.ilgiornaleeuropeo.it/ – edited by Giuseppe Jacobini, AEJ Italy in December 2022, […]
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Revelations of Russian money laundering through Cyprus
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 68 media partners have exposed a sprawling financial industry using Cyprus to launder Russian money.European Union lawmakers have […]
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AEJ annual congress in Albania
The AEJ held its annual general assembly and international congress in the port and resort city of Vlorë (Vlora), Albania, in October 2023 – from the AEJ UK’s Tony Robinson, former FT correspondent and East European editor.
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How AI Challenges Journalism as Never Before
This is a column by Llewellyn King, AEJ member and executive producer/host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS in the USA, based on remarks he […]
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Report from AEJ media freedom representative
Report to the General Assembly 2023 – Vlore ALBANIA – 25-29 October 2023 from AEJ Media Freedom Representative Kyriakos Pieridis KEY CHALLENGES: OVERVIEW Media Freedom […]
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Report from AEJ contact with CoE Platform for Safety of Journalists
Report to AEJ 2023 General Assemblyfrom William Horsley, AEJ Contact for Council of Europe Platform for Safety of Journalists (This report accompanies AEJ MF Representative’s […]
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UN International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists
The United Nations and associated organizations marked 2 November as the 2023 International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists with events around the […]
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Uses and misuses of media law – UK panel marks UN International Day to End Impunity
On 2 November William Horsley, AEJ UK chair and international director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield, marked […]
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An investigation into the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia
The son of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia launched his new book, an investigation into the life and assassination of his mother, on November […]
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