“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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Time to change our view of the world – Baroness Valerie Amos
Report on the AEJ UK journalists meeting at Europe House on 19 March 2025 – from Peter Norman Baroness Valerie Amos, formerly a minister in […]
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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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AP sues Trump officials in media freedom case
The Associated Press (AP) is taking three Trump officials to court in defence of its editorial independence, freedom of speech, and ability to gather and […]
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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 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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Ukraine – 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 […]
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Ceasefire 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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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