The forced landing of a Ryanair passenger jet and subsequent arrest of a prominent opposition journalist in Belarus on May 23 2021 sparked international outrage […]
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The government in court
At the end of April 2021 the UK High Court ordered the UK government to disclose documents and correspondence relating to ministers’ knowledge of a […]
Read moreAEJ joins protests against jailing of Navalny
Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny ended a three week protest hunger strike on 23 April 2021. There had been concern about his health, and alarms […]
Read moreShocking murder of Athens journalist
The killing of prominent Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz in Athens on April 9 highlights fears that investigative journalists in Europe face growingly more dangerous […]
Read moreParliamentary and public questions
In March 2021 a report from the UK Parliament’s public accounts committee said there was no evidence to show that the £37 billion spent on […]
Read moreAEJ condemns attack on Kosovo investigative journalist
The AEJ and other media freedom groups have condemned a targeted assault on investigative journalist Visar Duriqi in Kosovo. He was hospitalised with serious head […]
Read moreBig Tech, money and media freedom
The world’s tech information giants remained in the spotlight as debate raged across the world over media freedom and money. Australia passed the world’s first […]
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