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2012 19 January 2012 Professor Michael
O’Flaherty Deputy Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee and Chief Commissioner
for Human Rights in Northern Ireland. 2011 8 November 2011 Jago Russell Chief Executive, Fair Trials International FTI has serious concerns about the European Arrest Warrant, as outlined here. Its report on detention without trial was published in November. See the blog by AEJ member Jonathan Fryer 11 October 2011 David Marsh Author of The Euro: The Battle for the New Global Currency 2 September 2011 Professor Dr Friedbert Pflüger Director, Energy and Resource Security Centre, King's College London 13 July 2011 HE Mr Michael
Žantovský,
Czech Ambassador to the UK 17 May 2011 Michael
Fallon MP 15 April 2011 William
(Bill) D Barnard Blog
by Jonathan Fryer, 15 April 2011 31 March 2011 Sir
Menzies (Ming) Campbell MP 15 February 2011 Professor Christopher Andrew, Cambridge University, Official Historian of MI5 12 January 2011 HE Mr Kim Traavik, Norwegian Ambassador to the UK 2010 3 December 2010 Ambassador Marc Otte, EU Special Representative for the Middle East 22 November 2010 Dr Richard Youngs, director of FRIDE, the European think-tank 9 November 2010 Edward McMillan-Scott MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament See also News 2 September 2010 Mr Ma'ajid Nawaz Co-founder and co-director of Quilliam, the
counter-terrorism think tank See also Jonathan
Fryer's blog 21 July 2010 General the Lord Guthrie Former Chief of
the Defence Staff 24 June 2010 HE Mr Carles Casajuana i Palet Spanish Ambassador
to the UK 2 June 2010 Professor Peter Hennessy Professor of
Contemporary British History at Queen Mary College University of London 12 May 2010 Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Professor of
Democracy Studies at the Hertie School of Governance See also Where Europe Ends,
a documentary film and written report 13 April : Mr Chandrashekhar
Krishnan Executive Director, Transparency International
(UK) 9 March : Lord (Alex)
Carlile QC Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation 25 February : Lord (David)
Howell Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the House of Lords 4 January : Professor Robert
Watson Chief Scientific Adviser to Defra See also "AEJ speaker puts spotlight on media role in the climate change debate" – a blog from the Centre for Freedom of the Media, Sheffield University |
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6 December
2010 – The AEJ supports
the petition for
Belarus to respect basic human rights and end repressive laws in Belarus. It
was launched by journalists and human rights campaigners in Belarus with Index on Censorship. See News ___________________________________________ 9 November
2010 – Serial attacks on Russian journalists show that the climate of impunity
is growing and governments have to take responsibility for ending it. The AEJ
joined the OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media in calling on
all relevant European institutions to take concerted action to protect
journalists. See News ___________________________________________ 5 November 2010 – The AEJ urgently called on the Turkish government to treat media
workers and citizens in line with its international commitments. AEJ members
across ___________________________________________ 15 October 2010 – At its 2010 Congress at Ordu,
Turkey, the AEJ pledged its active support for three initiatives: the Council
of Europe's Database on Media Violations, the Icelandic Modern Media
Initiative, and the petition by Turkish journalists to secure freedom for
more than 40 of their colleagues who are in prison. See Conference report ___________________________________________ 13 September 2010 – The AEJ called on the Belarus authorities to
fulfil their solemn obligations to provide full, speedy and verifiable
information about the unexplained death of Aleh Byabenin, one of
Belarus’s leading journalists and a founder of the Charter 97 website.
See News ___________________________________________ 7 September 2010 – Lord Andrew
McIntosh died on 27 August 2010, aged 77. The AEJ pays tribute to his
tireless efforts to protect journalists from violence, wrongful imprisonment
and other abuses through his work for the past three years as Rapporteur on
Media Freedom in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. See Obituary 27 January 2010 – The Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation 1897 on abuse of media freedom in Europe.
Quarterly bulletins based on information supplied by professional
organisations, including the AEJ, will be published. See News ___________________________________________ 10 December 2009 – William Horsley took part in a debate to mark Human Rights
Day, broadcast as the inaugural edition of ViewPoint, the Council of Europe's web TV programme (see video). The debate
focused on internet and the violation of human rights by online means. See
main AEJ website ___________________________________________ 10 December 2009 – Journalists working in print and broadcast media in Ukraine face an alarming set of political and other pressures on their independence. Arthur Rudzitsky and colleagues wrote a special report in 2009 and a follow-up report on 9 April 2010. In 2010, they launched a new AEJ section in Kiev ___________________________________________ 20 November 2009 – The 2009 Annual AEJ Congress,
hosted by the AEJ's Dutch Section in November, was addressed by Mr Thomas Hammarberg,
European Human Rights Commissioner. See
the text of his speech
and "Limits
on press freedom in Europe", a contribution by William Horsley to
the BBC College of Journalism blog ___________________________________________ 26 October 2009 – Report on European media by William
Horsley for the Council of Europe: Council of Europe press release ___________________________________________ 11 September 2009 – An assessment of the role of media
in combatting discrimination was sent to the Council of Europe as part of its
"Speak out against Discrimination" campaign. The report, compiled
by William Horsley, covers Armenia, Croatia, Poland, Turkey and the UK. A
full account of it, with links to the country reports and a feature about
Russia, can be found on the main AEJ website. ___________________________________________ 29 May 2009 – An AEJ amendment secured the review of anti-terrorism laws in Council of Europe countries ___________________________________________ 1 May 2009 – AEJ/UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Debate 2009 ___________________________________________ 25 November 2008 – AEJ writes to Armenian President Sarkissian in protest at assaults on journalists ___________________________________________ 7 October 2008 – Message to Russian journalists on the second anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya ___________________________________________ 6 October 2008 – Evidence on communication by government submitted to House of Lords Committee by William Horsley ___________________________________________ 19 May 2008 – "Freedom of the press" – Letter to the Editor of The Times about protection of journalistic sources ___________________________________________ 2 May 2008 – World Press Freedom Debate on the motion "New Media Is Killing Journalism" ___________________________________________ 28 February 2008 – Launch in Brussels of AEJ Media Survey Update, "Goodbye to Media Freedom?" ___________________________________________ 1 December 2007 – AEJ Media Freedom Representative writes to the Chairman of the Russian Election Commission ___________________________________________ 14 November 2007 – AEJ Media Freedom Workshop in Dublin brings freedom threats into focus ___________________________________________ 9 November 2007 – Resolution adopted by AEJ Assembly on
Slovakia's Klein case ___________________________________________ 7 November 2007 – “Goodbye to Freedom?” – European journalists’ report says media freedom under threat in Europe ___________________________________________ 7 October 2007 – Remembering courage - International writers and journalists mourn an outstanding colleague: Anna Politkovskaya ___________________________________________ 23 September 2007 – AEJ Media Freedom Representative writes to Turkey's President Gül ___________________________________________ 20 August 2007 – An AEJ tribute to Bill Deedes, who died on 17 August 2007 ___________________________________________ 9 July 2007 – AEJ welcomes release of Alan Johnston ___________________________________________ 23 June 2007 – William Horsley appointed as AEJ Media Freedom Representative ___________________________________________ 3 May 2007 – World Press Freedom Day debate on "Freedom of the media is
in retreat" ___________________________________________ 3 May 2007 – Council of Europe online session on
"Media professionals in times of crisis" Intervention by William Horsley |
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