Four major threats to press freedom in the UK
By WILLIAM HORSLEY, international director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media, and member of the CJA Executive Committee. This article first ppeared in https://theconversation.com/four-major-threats-to-press-freedom-in-the-uk-228932 Just five years ago, the UK took the bold step of setting up a Media Freedom Coalition of 50 countries committed to protecting press freedom against its enemies in authoritarian states […]
Nigerian military accused over editor’s detention
Journalists in Nigeria have come together to accuse the military of usurping the role of the media and violating fundamental human rights of those in detention. The claims were made at a joint meeting in Abuja of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the International Press Institute, IPI, following, the […]
Rwandan journalist alleges torture in prison
Media rights bodies have expressed alarm at reports that journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga, pictured, had been tortured in a Rwandan prison, and called on the authorities to unconditionally release him. He is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for forgery and impersonation. During a hearing in January at the court of appeal in Kigali, Mr Niyonsenga said that he was held under inhumane […]
Nigerian journalists charged over corruption reports
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the authorities in Nigeria to swiftly drop all charges against journalists Aiyelabegan Babatunde AbdulRazaq and Oluwatoyin Luqman Bolakale, pictured, and allow them to work freely. On September 11, police detained the two, who are publishers of the independent news websites Just Event Online and The Satcom Media, over their critical […]
Indian campaigning journalists suffer arson attack
Picture shows Khushboo Akhtar surveying the wreckage of her home. There’s been widespread condemnation among journalists and rights activists in India over an arson attack on the home of journalists Khushboo and Nadeem Akhtar, as well as physical threats against them. The family home, in Sultanpuri, north Delhi was badly damaged in the fire. The […]
Derek Ingram fellowship offers exciting opportunity
Wolfson College, Cambridge, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Journalists Association has invited applications for a Derek Ingram Press Fellow to join the Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme. This is a residential programme held at Wolfson College for three months during the Easter Term, 2024. The Programme has been running since 1982 and to date has welcomed […]
Inaugural CJA lecture asks where next for AI
Professor John Naughton of Wolfson College, Cambridge, who is the technology columnist of The Observer newspaper, examined the impact of artificial intelligence on the media landscape in the first of what will be an annual series of lectures under the auspices of the CJA-UK. The softly-spoken Irishman began by redefining the terms of his brief: […]
Nigerian journalists charged over corruption reports
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the authorities in Nigeria to swiftly drop all charges against journalists Aiyelabegan Babatunde AbdulRazaq and Oluwatoyin Luqman Bolakale, pictured, and allow them to work freely. On September 11, police detained the two, who are publishers of the independent news websites Just Event Online and The Satcom Media, over their critical […]
Indian campaigning journalists suffer arson attack
Picture shows Khushboo Akhtar surveying the wreckage of her home. There’s been widespread condemnation among journalists and rights activists in India over an arson attack on the home of journalists Khushboo and Nadeem Akhtar, as well as physical threats against them. The family home, in Sultanpuri, north Delhi was badly damaged in the fire. The […]
Derek Ingram fellowship offers exciting opportunity
Wolfson College, Cambridge, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Journalists Association has invited applications for a Derek Ingram Press Fellow to join the Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme. This is a residential programme held at Wolfson College for three months during the Easter Term, 2024. The Programme has been running since 1982 and to date has welcomed […]