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Getting real about rule of law in Europe

London / Brussels. September 22, 2021 from William Horsley, Special Representative for Media Freedom Today the AEJ joined 60 other journalists' and civil society groups in...

In the thick of it – journalists in Afghanistan

Kabul/ Vienna. September 22, 2021 (links updated 03/10/21) Fearing for their lives, 100 colleagues and media workers communicate frenetically in a WhatsApp group about how...

EU needs proper powers to protect media – AEJ

  London/ Brussels. September 16, 2021 by William Horsley, AEJ Media Press Freedom Representative For years the European Commission has been criticized for inaction in the face...

Surviving 50 years of spoofs, exposés, and libel actions

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

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 ...

Surfing tide of fakes – the onward nonsense of RT Deutsch

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...

Taking the temperature of EU’s problem members

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...

Call on G7 to evacuate journalists and Afghan helpers

Photo: Journalist Freshta Farhang, who writes about women’s issues for an online media outlet, sits on her desk in the newsroom, in Kabul, Afganistan,...

Bulgarian Facebook Pages Post Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views

It's not everyday that a Facebook network pushing disinformation involves a Spanish-language telenovela. Βυ Jordan Liles * Image via Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A network of Bulgarian Facebook pages with hints...

Kabul – dark “new normal” for journalists and freedom

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...

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