The AEJ and Media Freedom
AEJ mandate for media freedom Media freedom and action to defend and encourage it are at the heart of the AEJ’s mandate both internationally and in the UK.The AEJ works to protect freedom of expression and independent journalism by raising individual cases and issues related to attacks and harassment of […]
AEJ UK donates to Ukrainian journalists
The AEJ UK has donated more than 1500 Euros to Ukrainian journalists in response to an appeal for members' contributions […]
AEJ UK journalist Amberin Zaman recognized on International Women’s Day
The Coalition for Women in Journalism has recognized journalist and AEJ UK member Amberin Zaman on International Women's Day, a […]
War in Europe, war on journalism
This year's annual Council of Europe report on the safety of journalists documents a record high number of attacks on […]
Ukraine – one year on
Leading European media freedom organisations including the Association of European Journalists marked the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine […]
Declining trust in news media – an American perspective
An updated study in the USA shows a worrying decline in public trust in the mainstream news media. The study […]
Media freedom and disinformation in Ukraine – March 1
The president of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists Sergiy Tomilenko joined an online panel on March 1 about how the […]
Russian warlord investigation forces UK to review sanctions
The UK government is reviewing its regime of sanctions against Russia after openDemocracy revealed that the UK Treasury gave sanctioned […]
UK national security bill threat to whistleblowers
The AEJ UK joined more than 30 other journalistic and media freedom organisations in signing a letter in The Times […]
Russian journalism in exile
What's it like for journalists who have fled Russia since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
