Is Europe’s unique press freedom monitoring mechanism working?
By William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman A bold experimentThe Safety of Journalists Platform www.coe.int/fom is the world’s first continent-wide accountability mechanism for monitoring, reporting and protecting the safety of journalists based on a mutual agreement between the 46 states of the Council of Europe and 15 trusted journalistic and press freedom advocacy groups. Some […]
Is Europe’s unique press freedom monitoring mechanism working?
By William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman A bold experimentThe Safety of Journalists Platform www.coe.int/fom is the world’s first continent-wide accountability mechanism for monitoring, reporting […]
Media Freedom in 2025 – On the Tipping Point
Press freedom in Europe in 2025 was "under sustained pressure, driven by legal threats, attempts at media capture and transnational […]
Attacks on journalists rise in Europe
“Despite everything, I continue my journalistic work with the same passion and determination as ever. Yet I must admit that […]
AEJ joins public call for BBC World Service to be “defended not defunded”
The AEJ and eight other organisations have called on UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to end uncertainty over the government’s […]
UK government ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Three judges of the UK High Court have ruled that the government's ban of Palestine Action is illegal. The judgment […]
Annual Council of Europe Media Freedom Report on March 3
The 15 partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform launches its annual Media Freedom Report at […]
Call for strong anti-SLAPPS measures
William Horsley, chair of the AEJ in the UK, has joined 120 signatories including the editors of several national newspapers, […]
Kevin d’Arcy
From William Horsley, AEJ UK chair The AEJ UK mourns the passing of Kevin D’Arcy, our former long-term Secretary and […]
AEJ calls for the release of imprisoned Belarus journalist
In the week of 12 January, members of the Association of European Journalists in the UK and across Europe remember […]
Dark storklings – another letter from Kyiv
It was ironic – or entirely appropriate – that President Volodymyr Zelensky was trying to walk a diplomatic and existential […]
AEJ International congress 2025
The 2025 AEJ International general assembly and congress gathered in Brussels on November 14 and 15 with discussions about the […]
Journalism under attack but remains a cornerstone of democracy
By AEJ Belgium member Julian HaleThreats to media independence (including the rise of disinformation and political pressure), the safety and […]
AEJ media freedom annual report 2025
From William Horsley, AEJ media freedom representative, with Irina Nedeva, AEJ Bulgaria November 12, 2025 Major AEJ activities for press […]
AEJ International Congress 2025 details
From AEJ Belgium About the Conference Welcome to the 2025 conference of the Association of European Journalists, an organization founded […]
AEJ International elects new executive
The 2025 AEJ International general assembly elected a new executive, special representatives, and committee members for two years at the […]
AEJ International Congress 2025 photo gallery
AEJ Congress Day 1 AEJ debate and voting Greeting and meeting Mont des Arts – dinner Photos by Heleen van […]
