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October’s 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...

EFJ urges Turkey : Free jailed journalists now

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)...

Vanunu update and urgent action

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...

The Danish cartoons

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...

Keeping the lid on sources

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...