by admin | Apr 18, 2010 | international
This weekend I should have been in Istanbul as part of the NUJ delegation to the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) annual meeting. But along with two others I’m grounded. Only John Barsby, who had to leave a day earlier for a meeting of the steering committee,...
by admin | Mar 22, 2010 | Campaigns, international
Disappointing to report that the NEC has deferred to its next meeting (14/15 May) a report from the Policy Committee and a further subsequent and positive report from the Committee‘s chair, the President and the General Secretary, that we should circulate material...
by admin | Mar 13, 2010 | international, media freedom
The news that Swedish artist Lars Vilks was the target of a murder plot being planned in Ireland following the arrest of four men and three women in Waterford and Cork, would not have come as much of a surprise here in Sweden. Vilks created controversy in 2007 with...
by admin | Mar 11, 2010 | international, Press, whistle blowing
Over breakfast with my Swedish friend and before we set off cross country skiing, we discussed the contents of the local daily paper, Sundsvalls Tidning. Despite financial difficulties in the industry this regional newspaper continues to be published and the owners...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
The recent meeting of the NEC’s policy committee has agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme. As I recently reported, he has been placed...
by admin | Jan 11, 2010 | international, whistle blowing
Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme, has been placed under house arrest pending criminal charges for allegedly breaching the terms of his 2004 release, which includes a ban on...
