http://www.aej.org www.aej.org - Association of European Journalists el Copyright: (C) 2005 - 2012 www.aej.org 120 http://www.aej.org/img/aej_logo_rss.gif http://www.aej.org 120 41 Deputies (Ambassadors) of the Council of Europe’s 47 States, meeting in Strasbourg on 18 January 2012, resolved to strengthen the impact and visibility of activities to protect the safety of journalists, media independence and human rights on the Internet. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=318 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=318 Sun, 05 Febr 2012 22:00:00 GMT Click fo the newsletter http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=315 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=315 Sat, 28 Janu 2012 22:00:00 GMT Click to download the newsletter http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=314 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=314 Sun, 08 Janu 2012 22:00:00 GMT A spokesman for European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, the Commissioner for Digital Agenda (Information Society and Media), has called on Hungary to amend its much-criticised media laws to conform with a recent ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court. The Commission also criticised Hungary’s handling of the issue of awarding radio licences, stressing the need for transparency and competition. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=313 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=313 Wed, 04 Janu 2012 22:00:00 GMT I hope you all enjoyed a happy and peaceful Christmas – thank you to all those who sent good wishes and let me now take the opportunity to wish all members of the AEJ a Happy and Prosperous New Year. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=312 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=312 Tue, 03 Janu 2012 22:00:00 GMT The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, has welcomed a Constitutional Court decision that declared unconstitutional several key provisions of Hungary’s 2010 media law. At the same time she expressed concern over the silencing of an independent political talk and news radio in Budapest. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=311 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=311 Mon, 26 Dece 2011 22:00:00 GMT This year's annual congress was held in Bucharest on 10-12 November. All AEJ sections thank our Romanian Section for organising a successful and memorable event. The theme of the congress was “Freedom and Responsibility in the Mass Media”. Click inside for the photo gallery link - thanks to our colleague Celia Hampton (UK)! http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=310 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=310 Thu, 22 Dece 2011 22:00:00 GMT In Bucharest (November 12), the General Assembly of the AEJ appointed Koos van Houdt (Netherlands) as official coordinator of the AEJ project Euregional Journalism. During the meeting Koos referred that the decision to make ‘Euregional Journalism’ a priority for the AEJ is based on the experience with the theme for the AEJ Maastricht Congress in 2009 and the 2011 cross border project by the French and Belgian AEJ sections and the International AEJ in the Euregio Lille-Kortrijk: the ‘Interreg Eurometropole Project’. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=309 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=309 Wed, 21 Dece 2011 22:00:00 GMT Thirty-eight more Turkish journalists were detained on Tuesday in a new wave of police operations against The Union of Kurdish Communities (KCK), the umbrella organization that also includes the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Thousands of journalists and their supporters took to the streets in Istanbul and Ankara, protesting the detention of their colleagues, who are due to appear in court very soon. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=308 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=308 Wed, 21 Dece 2011 22:00:00 GMT An international delegation of media and human rights organisations in Turkey from November 22 to 24 exposed the alarming scale of the suppression of free and independent media in Turkey. The mission was led by the European Federation of Journalists and included two senior representatives of the AEJ. Its final report has been sent to leading personalities in the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE, They are called on to act decisively to make Turkey free more than 60 journalists now jailed for their reporting and comply with Turkey’s solemn obligations to respect press freedom. http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=306 News http://www.aej.org/page.asp?p_id=306 Sun, 18 Dece 2011 22:00:00 GMT