UK Exiled Journalists Network launched

Journalists from 20 countries will gather in Bristol at the weekend to launch a self-help group for journalists who flee to the UK to escape persecution.

The Exiled Journalists Network (EJN), which also exists to defend press freedom, is supported by the NUJ's President Tim Lezard and General Secretary Jeremy Dear as well as leading journalists across the country and has been set up with the help of the MediaWise RAM Project which aims to improve media coverage of refugee and asylum issues.

RAM Project Co-ordinator Forward Maisokwadzo (himself an exiled journalist from Zimbabwe) said: "We have contact with over 150 exiled media workers in the UK. Too many people who have risked their lives to tell the public the truth have still not been granted refugee status."

"We hope the creation of the EJN will be another milestone in the long process of defending press freedom. The EJN will be looking for moral and financial support from fellow journalists and media organisations."

Spam Emails

A number of emails have been circulating recently, purportedly from the "NUJ Glasgow support team" from the address info@nujglasgow.org.uk and requesting responses.

The reasons cited have included changing passwords, unauthorised use and requests to update details.

These are "spam trap" messages, which do not originate from the website and should be ignored. Note also that info@nujglasgow.org.uk is not a valid address.