by barry | Mar 28, 2024 | international, media freedom, media ownership, Reviews
I’ve recently come across Prospect Magazine, a monthly general-interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs. It’s edited by Alan Rushbridger (formerly editor of The Guardian and member of the Garrick Club until 2010 according to Private...
by barry | Mar 26, 2024 | Campaigns, freedom of information, Government, international, nuj, Press, whistle blowing
Julian Assange has been given a reprieve in his fight against extradition to the US at the High Court in London. In a written statement handed down on Tuesday morning, the president of the king’s bench division, Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Johnson said that the...
by barry | Mar 7, 2024 | Campaigns, media freedom, nuj
The hearing into claims that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been covertly monitoring Northern Ireland journalists reported in my recent blog https://thespark.me.uk/2024/02/22/police-must-come-clean-on-media-surveillance/ was adjourned in London last...
by barry | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange’s application for leave to appeal his extradition to the United States was heard over two days in court five at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, last week. If it fails he could find himself on a flight to the US unless the European Court of Human...
by barry | Feb 22, 2024 | Campaigns, media freedom, Press
Journalism and the right to protect sources from state snooping, face another test on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 February when journalists and NUJ members Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey will attend an open court hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in...
