Media freedom at lowest point in 25 years
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns that media freedom is in its worst situation in 25 years with more than half the world's countries now classified in the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom. Marking World Press Freedom […]
AEJ joins call for repeal of Turkey’s “disinformation law”
The AEJ International has joined 25 media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’, and human rights groups to protest against Turkey’s increasing use of its "disinformation law" used to arrest and prosecute journalists – and to call for its repeal.The […]
History lessons – and their limits and virtues – June 4
The AEJ UK will host eminent historian and commentator Michael Burleigh at a meeting on June 4.He will survey today’s heated rivalries between America, China, Russia and Europe, drawing on his lifelong writings about great power relationships and their […]
AEJ International debate on the Hungarian election
On April 13th, the AEJ International organised a Zoom-conference about the outcome of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary which also have a major European dimension. It was a defeat of an autocratic, corrupt, anti-European and pro-Russian regime established by […]
Media Freedom in 2025 – On the Tipping Point
Press freedom in Europe in 2025 was "under sustained pressure, driven by legal threats, attempts at media capture and transnational repression" notes the annual Media Freedom Report of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform.And "this pressure was […]
AEJ joins public call for BBC World Service to be “defended not defunded”
The AEJ and eight other organisations have called on UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to end uncertainty over the government’s future funding of the BBC World Service. Current funding arrangements are due to run out at the end of […]
The AEJ UK
The AEJ UK is part of a professional network of journalists and specialists active across Europe, independent of any institutional or political group and recognised by the Council of Europe, the OSCE and UNESCO. We connect the newsmakers who shape our political and economic world with journalists, broadcasters and writers on European affairs. Meetings are open to journalists, academics and Europe specialists […]
Spice Ports – beginnings of global trade
As U.S. President Donald Trump roiled the global trade order through 2025, the AEJ UK notes a timely book by AEJ member Nicholas Nugent on the beginnings of global sea trade to the West.The […]
Wilton Park’s Road
AEJ UK member Nick Hopkinson has launched his book about Wilton Park, an exploration of nearly 80 years of work and discussions that turned it into a leading international policy forum.The Policies and Power […]
UK-EU reset “good in parts but must do better” – an AEJ report
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer heralded a new era of closer cross-Channel ties coming from the accords announced at May's EU-UK Summit in London. But actual deals on trade, defence, energy and youth mobility […]
Media Freedom
“Why don’t we live up to our promises?”
Marking World Press Freedom Day, the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) hosted an online seminar on media freedom in the Commonwealth.Headlined "Why don't we live up […]
AEJ joins statement on media freedom in Turkey
The AEJ joined seven journalists associations in a statement on media freedom in Turkey as the world marked World Press Freedom Day and the release […]
Is Europe’s unique press freedom monitoring mechanism working?
By William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman A bold experimentThe Safety of Journalists Platform www.coe.int/fom is the world’s first continent-wide accountability mechanism for monitoring, reporting and protecting the safety of […]
News
Palestine Action activists found guilty in Bristol break-in
Four of 6 activists for Palestine Action were found guilty of criminal damage over a break-in at an Israeli-linked defence company after a retrial.In a retrial that ended on 5 May, one of the four was also found guilty in an 11-1 majority verdict of inflicting grievous bodily harm – but cleared of the more serious […]
Media freedom in Bulgaria undermined
The Association of Journalists has joined a coalition of international media freedom organisations to call on the government and public authorities of Bulgaria for urgent action on media reforms.A delegation of 9 partners in the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) says media freedom in Bulgaria faces "entrenched […]
Northern Ireland police used unlawful powers to find journalist sources – report
A report into the Northern Ireland police has confirmed they have unlawfully used covert powers to try to uncover journalists’ sources – and found double the number of attempts previously admitted.The McCullough Review into surveillance practices in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) found 21 attempts to identify eight reporters’ sources between 2011 and 2015 […]
Ukraine analysis
A letter from Kyiv
Kateryna Popova recently returned to her native Ukraine after completing an MA in War Studies in London where she joined meetings of the AEJ UK. […]
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 2022? And the many independent […]
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 Freedom hosted by the centre's […]
