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STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND UKRAINIAN JOURNALISTS
We, the undersigned organisations, stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but particularly Ukrainian journalists who now find themselves at the frontlines of a large-scale European war. We unilaterally condemn the violence and aggression that puts thousands...
Loss of our colleague and President of the European Parliament David Sassoli
The AGE, the Association of European Journalists, shares the great loss and remembers the figure of David Sassoli, a great journalist and convinced Europeanist. AGE President Nuccio Fava joins the condolences of his colleagues in the Italian section of European...
Media freedom battles reach high pitch on Human Rights Day
William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative, December 10 2021 Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10, the anniversary of the adoption in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human...
Homeless in his homeland: Plight of journalism and civil society in Afghanistan
By Mohammad Kabir Shafaq: Journalist Fate has cruelly played with my destiny and that of my generation’s; I have been made homeless in my own homeland. I have loved my homeland beyond description. I never thought the day...
Will giving the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists make a difference? Yes it can.
Will giving the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists make a difference? Yes it can. William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative 10 October 2021 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Peace Prize to Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta in Russia,...
RODNEY RICE, AEJ MEMBER, RTÉ JOURNALIST AND ADVOCATE OF THE DISPOSSESSED
RODNEY RICE, who died on August 29 at the age of 76 years, was a leading broadcaster and active member of the Association of European Journalists in Ireland. He was born in Northern Ireland on October 12 1944 at Whiteabbey, just outside Belfast. Although he...