by barry | Mar 4, 2026 | BBC, censorship, media freedom, nuj, Press
Last week the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) heard of unlawful surveillance against former BBC journalist and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) member Vincent Kearney. The three-day hearing, took place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, follows an...
by barry | Dec 16, 2025 | international, nuj, Press
War and organised crime claim record victims as 67 journalists murdered in 2025, with nearly half killed by Israeli forces in Gaza The number of murdered journalists worldwide has risen from the previous year’s record figure of 54, to a new high of 67 in 2025,...
by barry | Sep 25, 2025 | Campaigns, media freedom, nuj
Police in Northern Ireland unlawfully used covert powers to attempt to uncover eight journalists’ sources, a review by Angus McCullough KC and published on 24 September has found. The report was commissioned by the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) to examine...
by barry | Sep 15, 2025 | Campaigns, media freedom, nuj
The NUJ has condemned the failure of the Northern Ireland police to disclose two covert surveillance operations against journalists to the UK’s independent surveillance watchdog, in breach of their statutory obligations...
by barry | Jun 3, 2025 | media freedom, nuj, Reviews
A report by Amnesty International published on 3 May warns that Northern Ireland is the most dangerous place in the UK to work as a journalist. They frequently face attacks, death and rape threats from paramilitary and organised crime groups that act with impunity:...
by barry | May 4, 2025 | BBC, Campaigns, media freedom, nuj, Press
Calls for a judge lead public inquiry into the actions of the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Durham Constabulary arising from the evidence given and material presented at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), previous reported on this web site were...
