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...
AEJ open letter to EU on Pegasus scandal
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(ES) Athens/ Vienna July 21, 2021
Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, Commission President and Vice-President Vera Jourova
The Israeli security company NSO has sold...
Israeli spyware sparks huge political rows
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Updated, July 28, 2021
by Edward Steen, AEJ General-Secretary
Revelations about the use of Pegasus software used to spy on journalists – including FT editor Roula...
Daphne Memorial Prize – apply pronto
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(es) Brussels/ Vienna. July 20, 2021
The €20,000 Daphne Caruana Galizia prize will be awarded as of October 2021 to journalists or teams of journalists...
Georgian journalists fight back after Pride fatality
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Cannes/ Tiblisi, July 15 2021
by Mark Porter
Anti-gay violence, already a feature of Vladimir Putin's Russia, is spreading into formerly Soviet Georgia, with brutal police...
Fearless reporter De Vries dies of head-wounds
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Amsterdam/ Vienna. July 15, 2021
by Edward Steen, AEJ Secretary-General
Just over a week after being shot in broad daylight as he emerged from an Amsterdam...
“Bad faith”: Google gets 500m Euro slap in face
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(es) London/ Vienna, July 14 2021
In a first halfway serious reverse for big tech, France has fined Google €500m for failing to negotiate “in...
Spanish journalist threatened on Armenian border
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Yerevan/ London, July 12, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Special Representative
A Spanish photojournalist visiting Armenia’s Gegharkunik province (see political map) near the border...
Turkish journalist menaced in Berlin
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Ankara/ Berlin July 8, 2021
from Dogan Tilic, Ankara/ Berlin
Erk Acarer, a prominent exiled opposition columnist for the independent Turkish daily BirGün, was attacked by...
William Horsley comments on De Vries shooting
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London/ Amsterdam July 6, 2021
Celebrated Dutch crime reporter "critically ill" after Amsterdam shooting
By William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative
Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de...