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 joins call for Russia to stop violence against journalists
The AEJ has joined eight other media freedom groups to condemn an attack on a journalist and lawyer in Chechnya.And […]

Democracy undermined by media manipulation – AEJ marks World Press Freedom Day
Media freedom, "the cornerstone of democracy", is being undermined and manipulated "by a number of different actors who use a […]

UK slips down ranking in World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranks the UK as number 26 in its latest World Press Freedom Index, released on World […]

Can the Commonwealth survive without free speech?
Marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, William Horsley questions what the Commonwealth is doing to protect free speech.Horsley […]

AEJ joins call for Turkey to stop stifling critical reporting ahead of elections
The AEJ has joined 18 other media freedom and human rights organisations calling on Turkey’s broadcast regulator (RTÜK) immediately to […]

AEJ joins call to release Gershkovich
The AEJ has joined partner media freedom groups to urge Russian authorities to release American journalist Evan Gershkovich immediately and […]

Russian warlord investigation forces UK to tighten sanctions
The UK government has tightened its sanctions rules against Russia in the wake of revelations by openDemocracy that the UK […]

Another misuse of Pegasus spyware
A joint investigation published by The New York Times and Aristegui Noticias and reported by Article 19 and PEN International […]

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 […]

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 […]