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 […]
Bangladesh government responds to criticism of “press freedom clampdown”
The Bangladesh government has issued a public rejoinder saying an article about suppression of press freedom by William Horsley, executive […]
Media Freedom Alert on Hungary calls for withdrawal of “foreign agent” bill from Parliament
A Media Freedom Alert on Hungary published by media freedom organisations on the Platform for the Safety of Journalists has […]
Three faces of impunity: Obstacles to justice for journalists
Marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, AEJ International representative for media freedom William Horsley has a look at […]
Turkey at a crossroads
The Council of Europe has reminded Turkey that it has an obligation to respect rights protected under the European Convention […]
Judge orders Trump officials to give AP full presidential access in media freedom case
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore the Associated Press’s (AP) full access to President Trump, ruling […]
Trump’s attacks on the media
Donald Trump has been criticising and attacking the mainstream media for 10 years – now he's president again he's taken […]
Judge blocks Trump attempt to dismantle Voice of America
President Donald Trump's efforts to make deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming have been temporarily […]
Just Stop Oil stops?
Environmental activist group Just Stop Oil says it's ending its campaign of civil resistance.Making the announcement on March 27, it […]
The Atlantic publishes secret Signal chat – White House calls editor “anti Trump hater”
The editor in chief of The Atlantic has published the full Signal chat between senior U.S. national security officials about […]
Zoom meeting on journalism in Slovakia-April 1
The AEJ Austria and AEJ Romania hosted a Zoom meeting with Slovakian journalists on the current difficult media situation in […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Trump way comes to the Washington press
Honorary AEJ member Llewellyn King has been reporting for decades from Washington and is founder and executive producer/host of the […]
Rupert Murdoch turns against Trump
Rupert Murdoch's American newspapers turned on U.S. President Donald Trump after he falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with […]
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 […]
Succession – inside the Murdoch family saga
As Rupert Murdoch and his family struggle again over control of the family empire, the New York Times has detailed […]
