What’s it like for journalists who have fled Russia since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022? And the many independent […]
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Culture Secretary scraps plans to privatise Channel 4
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has reversed plans by Boris Johnson’s government to privatise Channel 4. Her department confirmed a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, […]
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Cambridge Analytica – Facebook agrees to largest ever court settlement
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users’ information with Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based […]
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Commonwealth journalists call for action to match media freedom principles
The Commonwealth Journalists Association has welcomed the adoption by Commonwealth Law Ministers of a set of principles on media freedom – and urged them to […]
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The Julian Assange case – appeals to EHCR and U.S. government
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange – battling extradition from Britain to the United States – has lodged an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights […]
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UK government urged to stop SLAPPS
Leading UK editors have called on the UK government to back meaningful anti-SLAPP protections to defend media freedom. In an open letter to Justice Secretary […]
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Reporting the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has turned Ukrainian journalists into war reporters. At a workshop of the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Media Freedom hosted by the […]
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Media priorities for a new government
As Britain’s third Prime Minister this year, Rishi Sunak, takes office there are some pressing media issues in the government’s in-tray, writes David Worsfold. These […]
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Unity in the face of increasing threats
Preserving and extending media freedom has never faced greater challenges, and collaboration between professional journalists and international bodies committed to defending democracy and the rules-based […]
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AEJ UK supports vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia
The AEJ was one of the organisations supporting @thedaphnefestiv at St John’s Waterloo on Sunday 16 October, to mark five years since Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia […]
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Marking the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Five years since the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia a series of events in London, Malta and online from Oct. 3 to 16 […]
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RSF details Putin’s media control
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) has released a report on 22 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “persecution of journalists”. As Putin celebrated his […]
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Human rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize 2022
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three champions of human rights in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian […]
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AEJ joins call for effective rules in new European Media Freedom Act
The European Commission has adopted the European Media Freedom Act aimed at protecting media pluralism and independence in the EU. The AEJ has joined 18 […]
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Malta still delaying action on Daphne
The AEJ has joined eight other media freedom organizations calling on the government of Malta to implement the recommendations of the public inquiry into the […]
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