Sunday, January 31, 2010
On 27 January 2010 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on Respect for Media Freedom, expressing alarm at the murders of at least 20 journalists in Europe since 2007 and setting up new mechanisms to identify and prevent violations of media freedom.
Monday, January 25, 2010
During the meeting of the AEJ Executive Committee in Athens (4-7 March) the ‘Future of Journalism’ will be the subject of discussion. AEJ Honorary President and President of AEJ Greece has written an essay about the matter to kick-off discussion. Members of the association, amongst them Miguel-Angel Aguilar (Spain), Horst Keller (Germany), Jean Quatremer (France), Michel Theys (Belgium) and Jozsef Martin (Hungary) have also contributed in advance. During the AEJ Executive Committee in Athens ceremonies will be organised for the AEJ European Journalism Award and the Kalligas Prizes of the Greek AEJ section. All meetings and ceremonies are hosted by the Greek AEJ section and sponsored by the Greek National Bank. Click for the full text of the essay.
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Association of European Journalists, representing more than 1000 journalists in more than 20 countries, deplores and condemns the Belarus government's controls, interference and threats of closure or prosecution of independent media in the country and we call urgently for an end to those abuses of democratic amd media freedoms.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A Spanish court has found two senior journalists guilty of "revealing secrets" in what leading media organisations have called a flagrant violation of press freedom.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Here is a selection of articles published about the 2009 Annual AEJ Congress held in Maastricht.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Former radio show host Bobbie Tsankov, 31, who claimed in recent television interviews to have inside information about Bulgaria's underworld, was shot dead in central Sofia on January 5 2010, media reports said.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Ireland’s outgoing EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy on December 18 launched a caustic attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and on the extent of French power and influence in the EU.
Ireland’s outgoing EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Association of European Journalists express our strong and principled support for the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in your continuing and vital struggle for freedom of expression in the media, especially the right of journalists to investigate, report and question matters of public interest without the threat or use of violence or other forms of harassment by government agents or others.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
At 50 years old, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is sometimes held up as a model for the rest of the world - the only supranational court devoted to protecting individual human rights against abuses of state power. By William Horsley
Saturday, December 12, 2009
On December 10, United States Ambassador to Armenia, Marie L. Yovanovitch, conferred the “Defender of Armenia Freedom” award to Mr. Edik Baghdasaryan, “Hetq Online” Chief Editor, President of the “Investigative Journalists” NGO and the founder of the Armenian section of the Association of European Journalists.
Edik Baghdasaryan (AEJ Armenia) honored
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Council of Europe marked International Human Rights Day on December 10 with a fresh call to combat racism and discrimination across Europe and to protect freedom of expression on the Internet. Watch the first edition of the CoE's web TV programme "Viewpoint", with panelists including AEJ Media Freedom Representative William Horsley. (The AEJ is a partner in the Council of Europe's campaign against discrimination in the media and society, the main theme of Human Rights Day 2009).
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Journalists working in both print and broadcast media in Ukraine face an alarming set of political and other pressures on their independence. These have grown more severe as January's presidential election approaches. Read the special report by Arthur Rudzitsky and colleagues, who are preparing to launch a new AEJ Section in Kiev in 2010.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Organised by its Dutch section, the Association of European Journalists held its annual congress this year in Maastricht, from November 19 to 22. More then 100 delegates from nearly all 24 national sections and special guests gathered in the city where one of the most important European Treaties was signed in 1992.
Ozlem Doganer (Turkey), Liana Sayadyan (Armenia), Saia Tsaousidou (Greece)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
In a keynote speech at the AEJ's Congress in Maastricht on 20 November Thomas Hammarberg called for renewed efforts to bring to justice all responsible for the murders of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and of leading journalists in Turkey, Ukraine and Azerbaijan in recent years.
Thomas Hammarberg
Monday, November 16, 2009
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The European Commission’s DG Enlargement has launched the European Young Journalist Award 2010 for the third year running. The EYJA 2010 challenges journalists and journalism students, aged 17 – 35, to enlarge their vision and represent DG Enlargement from creative and thought-provoking angles. The Association of European Journalists is partner and co-organiser.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Zdenko Duka, Croatia, was the AEJ Representative during the Council of Europe meetings in Strasbourg about the antidiscrimination campaign: SPEAK OUT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Twenty journalists were killed in the past three years in Europe, and the region suffered another setback in media freedom because of violence, repressive laws and political interference against the media. Those are the findings of a Report by the AEJ's Media Freedom Representative William Horsley, commissioned by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Enzo Farinella’s (member of AEJ Ireland) new book ‘Ireland and Italy: culture and values’ about the roots of European personalistic humanism, is published by Bobbio-Szombathely-Dublin
Saturday, October 10, 2009
William Horsley, AEJ's Media Freedom Representative, has given his signature for the AEJ, as one of 43 concerned organisations and individuals, to a letter sent on 7 October 2009 to Mr Thorbjoern Jagland, newly elected Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. It asks him to inform journalists and civil society organisations what is being done to ensure that member states carry out reviews of their anti-terrorism laws and practices to make sure they do not violate agreed standards of freedom of expression, as per the Resolution passed at the Council of Europe meeting of ministers responsible for media issues in Reykjavik, Iceland in May 2009. The follow-up to the Resolution on reviewing anti-terrorism laws is on the agenda for the CoE's Media Steering Committee which will meet in Strasbourg on 20 to 23 October.
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