UNESCO backs campaign for journalists
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London, July 27, 2021
from William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
The just-released UNESCO paper on Freedom of Expression and the Safety of Foreign Correspondents, was...
Belton to face oligarchs in “bespoke sewer”
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(es) London/ Vienna. July 25, 2021
Reuters investigative journalist Catherine Belton on Wednesday (July 28) faces the first round in a high-stakes court case started...
AEJ President’s open letter on Pegasus scandal
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Text of AEJ President
Saia Tsaousidou's open letter to EU Commission President von der Leyen and Vice-President Vera Jourova
Athens, July 24, 2021
Dear President von der...
Field report – lessons in Europe-savvyness
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Vienna. July 24, 2021
by Edward Steen, AEJ Secretary-General
Former AEJ president Otmar Lahodynsky has been teaching young journalists in Austria about how to become "Europe-savvy"....
Belarus – Lukashenko dictatorship gets worse
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AEJ warns of fresh Belarus government attempt to eradicate freedom of expression
London, July 25, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
The Belarus Justice ministry...
Spiegel interview with FT editor Roula Khalaf
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(es) London/ Vienna
July 26, 2021
The FT's first woman editor gave this remarkable interview with Der Spiegel prior to discovering she had been one of...
Internet: what happened to us – or our readers?
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(es) Vienna/ London July 22, 2021
Veteran Fleet Street journalist, broadcaster, and historian of modern London, Kevin d'Arcy, has asked AEJ members for any...
How the Pegasus scandal was broken
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(ES) Vienna. July 22, 2021
The Pegasus state-hacking scandal, which has sent shockwaves across the world, was broken by a consortium of 17 different...
UK Home Office closes in on journalists
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(es) London/ Vienna July 20, 2021
The latest proposals for UK legislation are similar to repressive moves elsewhere in Europe - a law which would...
Massive power of “criminal services industry”
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London. July 20, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
Despite the denials of the NSO Group and the Israeli authorities, the Pegasus scandal is...