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, […]
Read moreKilling 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 […]
Read moreAEJ 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 […]
Read moreBelfast 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 […]
Read moreUkraine – a strategic review
The AEJ UK got an insider’s updated view of Ukraine at a lunchtime meeting on November 28. Olena Sotnyk, an advisor to Ukraine’s deputy prime […]
Read moreCeasefire for Israel and Hezbollah
A ceasefire meant to end 14 months of the deadliest war in decades between Israel and Hezbollah began at 0400 on 27 November. The agreement […]
Read moreAEJ 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.
Read moreCoE 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 […]
Read moreCoE Platform raises media freedom concerns across Ireland
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 […]
Read moreMassive 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 […]
Read moreHeavy 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 […]
Read moreInternational Court of Justice orders end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court, has ruled that Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories is against international […]
Read moreUK government resumes funding for UNRWA in Gaza
The new Labour government has overturned a suspension in UK funding for relief agency UNRWA in Gaza and will provide £21 million in new support. […]
Read moreRussia 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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