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...
by barry | Feb 18, 2024 | Campaigns, censorship, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange’s hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, which takes place on 20 and 21 February will consider an appeal against the UK’s decision to extradite him, and a previous ruling by Judge Baraitser in January 2021 which rejected arguments presented...
by barry | Feb 18, 2024 | Campaigns, Climate Change
The climate crisis is creating new and heightened occupational risks to workers, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is warning. Extreme weather and changing weather patterns are affected job security and health for workers, the global union body says....
by barry | Jan 2, 2024 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, whistle blowing
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s likely final UK legal challenge to stop his extradition to the United States will be held at public hearing in London’s High Court, on 20-21 February.Two judges will review an earlier ruling review the decision by...
by barry | Oct 23, 2023 | Campaigns, censorship, Government, media freedom
If you want to find out the government’s commitment to press freedom go know further than their web site at https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/lucy-frazers-speech-at-the-enders-media-telecoms-conference. It reports a speech by Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for...
by barry | Oct 21, 2023 | Campaigns, Labour Party
Is the Labour Party embracing big business? Well maybe we need look no further than this year’s conference in Liverpool. OpenDemocracy, an independent media platform and news website reports that “according to the National Executive Committee, Labour’s governing...
