by admin | Jul 17, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, Government, media freedom, nuj, Press
“Too often the state uses official secrets legislation to hide things that are embarrassing, such as the involvement of the British State in torture or rendition.” Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and co-founder of Reprieve, a human rights not-for-profit...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Campaigns, Government, nuj, Press, Reviews
The other day I came across a surprising quotation from Sir Alan Moses (see below in paragraph 5). He was the first head of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), the latest incarnation of what passes for a UK press regulator. Ipso came into being...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Europe, Government, Press
I don’t know how many extensions there have been during the government’s protracted negotiations with the EU to achieve (or not) a trade deal. The talks started at the beginning of March 2020 and yesterday after it appeared that a ‘no deal’ was likely, a joint...
by admin | Nov 5, 2020 | international, Press
One of the UK’s finest and most controversial journalists, Robert Fisk died suddenly in a Dublin hospital on Sunday 30 October. Although born in Kent in July 1946, he later became an Irish citizen. His career with the nationals began at the Sunday Express, (after...
by admin | Aug 15, 2020 | Campaigns, censorship, international, media freedom, Press, whistle blowing
The US government has made a late request to have Julian Assange extradited based on a new indictment, prosecutor Claire Dobbin told Westminster magistrates’ court at yesterday’s hearing. Washington is seeking to expand the charges against him, including by...
by admin | Jul 31, 2020 | Campaigns, censorship, international, media freedom, Press, whistle blowing
Julian Assange appeared at a further administrative hearing at Westminster Crown Court, London on 27 July via video link, the first time since 7 April when he was last seen in court. The conference call was organised after delay, due to failure of Belmarsh prison to...
