Whose extremists?

"Mob rule is replacing democratic rule" – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak."Islamists … have got control of London" – Lee Anderson, former Conservative party deputy chairman and, as of March 11, the only MP for the Reform Party.The Conservative […]

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Press freedom in Europe: time to turn the tide

The AEJ joined 14 other partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists on March 5 to urge action on spyware tools, visas, and journalists' safety. The call came with the launch of the […]

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SLAPPs get slapped

The UK Parliament has backed a measure to tackle the use of SLAPPs – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. This legal tactic has been widely used to intimidate journalists, academics, campaigners and ordinary people who want to expose wrongdoing […]

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Julian Assange extradition

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appealed to the UK High Court on February 20 and 21 to contest his extradition to the United States. Two judges will review an earlier High Court decision which denied him permission to appeal and […]

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Russian missile attack on Kyiv – photo courtesy Sergiy Tomilenko, Secretary National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

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Marking Turkey’s centenary

The AEJ UK's Firdevs Robinson, former BBC World Service editor specialising in Turkey and the near east, examines the difference between modern Turkeys' two strongmen as Turkey celebrates its 100th anniversary. Has Turkey come full circle? […]

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Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin – dead and buried?

Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin is reported dead and buried.His Wagner mercenary group said he was buried on August 29. Russian authorities said genetic testing matched the names of all 10 people including Prigozhin who were on a private plane that crashed north of Moscow on August 23.Perhaps unsurprisingly, details of the reported death of Prigozhin are […]

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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 Treasury gave sanctioned Russian warlord Yevgeny Prighozin – founder of the Russian mercenary group Wagner – permission to sue a British journalist.Exchequer Secretary James Cartlidge issued a written statement to Parliament changing the rules so that […]

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Ukraine analysis