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NGOs urge the commission EU Anti SLAPP measures
Dear Ms Lindholm, The undersigned NGOs welcome the Commission’s commitment to address the threat of vexatious litigation against journalists, activists and others. The weaponization of the law by powerful economic actors has for too long resulted in the suppression...
read moreCouncil of Europe chief says countries must not use Covid-19 crisis to silence journalists
In response to the launch of the 2020 Annual Report by media freedom organisations "Hands Off Press Freedom", which documented a surge in violence and intimidation of journalists, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejcinovic Buric, has said...
read moreCOE Annual report for 2020
The group of international media freedom NGOs working on the Council of Europe’s platform for the safety of journalists will launch their annual report for 2020 – entitled “Hands off press freedom: Attacks on media in Europe must not become a new normal” – via an...
read moreJoin Difference Day 2020 #DD20
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Erasmushogeschool Brussel, IHECS, BOZAR, & Evens Foundation, together with other partners such as EPC MPA, EBU, Bertelsmann, European Commission, UNESCO,...
read moreAccess Now releases recommendations to fight misinformation
On 21 April, Access Now published Fighting misinformation and defending free expression during COVID-19: recommendations for states — a series of recommendations for protecting freedom of expression and opinion and the right to impart and receive information. “Hasty...
read moreIdentifying Fake News in Coronavirus
The OECD Forum Network defines fake news as: “journalism or information that either deliberately or unintentionally misleads people and distorts reality by spreading false information, hoaxes, propaganda, or misrepresentation of facts” The Cambridge Dictionary’s fake...
read moreResources for journalists in times of coronaviurs pandemic
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Meanwhile, AEJ Belgium recommends thtat you check out the following items: The International Press Institute (IPI) launched – on Tuesday (24 March) – a new web page to track attacks on journalists and restrictions...
read moreAEJ report: Twenty-four rights-groups call on Turkey to release all those arbitrarily detained, now at risk of Covid-19
A new statement by 24 concerned international groups, including the AEJ, has deplored Turkey’s failure to include journalists and human rights defenders among the 90,000 prisoners freed this week in response to the raised health risks in prisons caused by the...
read moreGreek journalist Sofia Kartali Detained for Two Days in Turkey
On 1 March 2020, Greek freelance video reporter Sofia Kartali was arrested by Turkish police while recording the surge of would-be migrants massing at Elcili Koyu near the border with Greece in the hope of crossing it. On presentation of her Greek identity document...
read moreCall for Europe’s leaders to protect free flow of information to tackle COVID-19
Press freedom partner organisations including the AEJ have published an Open Letter addressed to the heads of the main EU institutions to express profound concerns about the dangers of governments taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to punish independent and...
read moreLetter from AEJ President
Dear colleagues, dear friends: The last weeks were indeed important: for Europe and for our association: In December we had a very good AEJ-congress in the prestigious UNESCO-headquarter in Paris. Despite the strike all went well and almost all participants arrived...
read moreMinutes of General Assembly, Association of European Journalists
Minutes of General Assembly, Association of European Journalists Jean Monnet house, Bazoches sur Guyonne, Houjarray, Dec 7 2019 Opening remarks by Otmar Lahodynsky, AEJ President Lahodynsky said he felt proud and honoured to find himself and the GA in the country...
read moreUrgent call to stop violent attacks against journalists covering migrants’ arrival in Greece
AEJ is an active partner in the EU media advocacy group recently started up in Brussels. This group brings on a regular base together the main journalist, media freedom and democracy organizations together to follow up EU policies. The president of AEJ...
read moreAEJ STATEMENT PROTESTING UK GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIVE MEDIA POLICIES
The Association of European Journalists calls on the UK government headed by prime minister Boris Johnson to end at once its restrictive and partisan media policies. On Monday British political journalists staged a collective walkout from an official briefing arranged...
read moreAEJ International Seminar 18 & 19 February
What: The new EU budget, the Green Deal and future challenges When: Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 February Where: Room ASP 1E3, European Parliament How will the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MMF) work in the context of the Green Deal? How to deal with security...
read moreWinter cocktail 2020
The Association of European Journalists in Belgium is organizing in collaboration with the Holland House its Winter Cocktail 2020. Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Permanent Representative and Director-General of the European Investment Bank , is our special guest. WHAT: EIB to...
read moreWanted: Treasurer AEJ Belgium
OPPORTUNITY WITH AEJ: AEJ Belgium is a registered vzw/asbl under Belgian law. Every such association needs to have someone elected by the members to be on the Board to execute the tasks of Treasurer. Are you interested or do you know someone that would be interested...
read moreCall for initiatives – deadline January 20, 2020
Are you a young media professional eager to gain skills, boost your career, test your ideas, and expand your network? Are you a publisher or an editor whose media needs innovation backed by business, to develop future management, and to grow its network with top media...
read moreAEJ Statement on the draft media law proposed by the Albanian government
The Association of European Journalists’ Albanian section expresses its urgent concern that the proposed new law on online media registration is a “direct attack” on the freedom of online media. We join the statements of 15 other associations and that of the OSCE...
read moreMalta: International organisations urge close scrutiny as the public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia begins on 6 December
The long awaited public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia will begin this Friday 6 December at the Law Courts in Valletta. For two years, our organisations have supported the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia in calling for an independent,...
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