by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | nec
A brief rundown of some of the highlights of the NEC meeting held on Friday 8 October.Perhaps the most important report was that given by the general secretary on the pensions’ dispute at the BBC. Jeremy Dear said that this was a significant dispute not only...
by admin | Oct 5, 2010 | international, Press
Please take a minute and sign the e-card to Turkey ’s Prime Minister by clicking this link. http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/set-turkish-journalists-free Journalists currently in jail in Turkey must be set free immediately, says the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)...
by admin | Sep 30, 2010 | Campaigns, international
I have recently received the following update from the Campaign for a Nuclear Free Middle East about Vanunu, but being on holiday I have only just now been able to post it. Please support the action as and when you can. ‘An update and a suggestion for an action...
by admin | Sep 30, 2010 | censorship, international, Islam, media freedom
In September 2010, I attended a seminar ‘From Munk to Mohammed – Freedom of the Press, Censorship, Self-Censorship and Press Ethics’ at the Kaj Munk Research Centre at Aalbourg University, Denmark. Topics discussed at these seminars always relate to the Danish priest...
by admin | Sep 29, 2010 | international, media freedom, nuj
Do we need laws to protect journalists’ anonymous sources? This was the central question posed at a round table discussion initiated by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and held at the headquarters of the NUJ on Tuesday 21 September. Attended by...