Focus on Media Freedom

The AEJ is an official Observer in the Council of Europe's Media Steering Committee. We are working with the Council of Europe, alongside other media and human rights organisations, on a new Database Project to map assaults on media freedom and independence across Europe and seek to end them.

The AEJ's Media Freedom Representative, William Horsley, is also active on a Council of Europe Working Group aimed at ensuring that anti-terrorism laws are not misused to block legitimate freedom of expression.

Read William Horsley's "Respect for Media Freedom" Report and more under AEJ MF Reports.

Read more:
» AEJ MF Project
» AEJ MF Representative
» AEJ MF Surveys and Reports
» AEJ & the Council of Europe
» World Press Freedom Day

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Ukraine - Letter from Ukrainian journalists

Click to read the public statement of the journalists of television channel.

Friday, June 04, 2010

AEJ expresses grave concern over Romania's draft public broadcasting law

The AEJ is gravely concerned that the public broadcasting bill approved this week by a committee of the Romanian parliament would remove any proper safeguards for editorial independence, the guiding principle of public broadcasting. The Association urges the Romanian government to withdraw this draft law and replace it with a law that conforms with agreed European standards of political independence.

Thursday, June 03, 2010

UN: Biodiversity Year with plea to save world's life-supporting ecosystems

In a bid to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's species due to human activity - at a rate some experts put at 1,000 times the natural progression - the United Nations marked 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, with a slew of events highlighting the vital role the phenomenon plays in maintaining the life support system on Planet Earth.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

AEJ calls on Israel to honour press freedom standards

The AEJ deplores Israel's attempts to censor information related to the forceful seizure on Monday of an international convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza, and criticises the lack of respect shown for the safety of journalists aboard the ships and their freedom to report the violent events they witnessed.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Is this the end of newspapers?

On the occasion of WPFD 2010, the Greek Section of AEJ organized on May 3 a debate about the future of the press, and particularly newspapers, in the digital era, entitled “Is this the end of newspapers?”. The event took place at the EP offices in Athens. Among speakers were Athanasios Papandropoulos, President of AEJ Greece, Paul Gerakaris, President of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Sports Journalists and Dionysis Kefalakos, director of the daily financial newspaper Naftemporiki.

Athanasios Papandropoulos was the moderator of the debate