Afghanistan – the definitive film?
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Vienna/ Berlin, September 13, 2021 + updates
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
As was to be expected, the extraordinary independent but state.-funded Deutsche Welle has publicised one...
Surviving 50 years of spoofs, exposés, and libel actions
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Vienna/ London. September 13, 2021
by Edward Steen, Sec-Gen
The satirical London publication Private Eye, on the eve of celebrating (along with the AEJ) its half-century,...
Belarus – tale of two tyrannies
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September 9, 2021
from ES and Mark Porter, Ile Rousse, Corsica
As the world focusses on Afghanistan, and the new Taliban government's suppression of women's rights ...
TV torture as lights go out over Russia
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Cannes, September 7, 2021
by Mark Porter
Russia is reported to be planning a counter-attack against US tech, accusing it of "meddling" if they host Alexei...
Surfing tide of fakes – the onward nonsense of RT Deutsch
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Unapologetic face of RT Deutsch - looking for "losers who have something to say". See below
Cannes, September 7, 2021
from Mark Porter
While a senior BBC...
Europe Minister – full AEJ interview in Eng
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https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/medien/2119224-Edtstadler-EU-muss-auf-Pressefreiheit-achten.html
English translation (Deep L)
Edtstadler: EU must pay attention to freedom of the press
It is a "basic requirement of having democracies", says the Minister for...
Taking the temperature of EU’s problem members
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Vienna, September 6, 2021
EU “must stop threatening to kick Members out”
by Edward Steen, Sec-General
In an illuminating interview with Brigitte Rambossek (AEJ Austria Section) on...
Time running out for betrayed Afghans and their families
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Cannes, August 19, 2021
by Mark Porter
Taliban death squads are intensifying their search for anyone they believe worked with UK, US, and NATO forces and...
Kabul – dark “new normal” for journalists and freedom
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London, August 20, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
Afghan journalists and other media workers are among those in greatest danger of violent reprisals...
A new law to shut up US journalists?
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A First Amendment precedent?
by Mark Porter, Cannes, August 19, 2021
In America, it is very hard for government officials to win libel suits. All that...