Visiting the site close to the Charlie Hebdo offices along with NUJ assistant general secretary Seamus Dooley, it was impossible not to be instantly moved by the mounting tributes and memorials to the magazine’s journalists killed in cold blood days before.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have strongly condemned the decision of an Egyptian court to impose prison sentences on Al Jazeera journalists. Nairobi-based Al Jazeera English reporter, Australian Peter Greste; Al Jazeera English Cairo bureau chief, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy; and Al Jazeera producer, Baher Mohamed, were sentenced to seven…
Journalists, politicians and human rights activists will gathering tomorrow outside the Egyptian embassy in London to demand an end to the intimidation of journalists and media suppression in Egypt and to call for the immediate release of all detained journalists. If you can’t be there – and even if you can – please sign the…
The recent attacks by Greek authorities on journalists show why we must work together to fight for press freedom and for stronger unions. When we first heard the news on Thursday morning of the violent raid by Greek police at the headquarters of the national broadcaster ERT, we immediately condemned the action by the authorities.…
The closing down of ERT, the Greek public broadcaster, is a deeply shocking and cynical act by the Greek government. The NUJ is working with trade unions around the world and joining in their protests against the closure. We have sent messages of solidarity to journalist colleagues and to all those on strike in support…