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CJA warns against misuse of emergency powers to silence independent media coverage of crisis
CJA warns against misuse of emergency powers to silence independent media coverage of crisis By Trevor Grundy The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has expressed its deep concern that… Read more >
Commonwealth Media Watch: Bauer Group closes down New Zealand’s best-loved magazine
Commonwealth Media Watch: Bauer Group closes down New Zealand’s best-loved magazine By Trevor Grundy Problem Now: Falling revenues plus the spread of the Coronavirus equals the end of… Read more >
Thousands of Britons opt for German citizenship as UK sticks to its BREXIT deadline
All together – German, British and EU flags flying at the harbour at Thessaloniki in Greece (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy London, April 16, 2020 – –… Read more >
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe By Trevor Grundy Mike Auret, the Chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission in the Catholic Bishops’… Read more >
Having your cupcake and eating it – The “too honorable “Duke of York shows how much he cares
Having your cake and eating it – The “too honorable “Duke of York shows how much he cares By Trevor Grundy Were there a media award for a… Read more >
Hospitals in Spain told to prioritise younger patients and let the elderly die, says Gatestone report
Older and poorer people face a grim future in Spain and other parts of southern Europe. Picture (above) of a man on his own taken in Seville, Spain by Trevor… Read more >
Easter 2020 and the churches are closed: Love in the time of Coronavirus
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Conference in Busan,South Korea (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy Canterbury, England (April 10, 2020)… Read more >
People with a fighting spirit can beat the virus – “A myth that needs de-bunking” says top TV presenter
By Trevor Grundy London, April 9 (2020) – – – It has been rightly said that Truth is the first casualty of war, to which we might add “and God… Read more >
Easter approaches and the big question in Britain is – Will the lock-down hold?
A quiet day in Amsterdam, even before the Coronaviurus outbreak (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy Police forces in Spain, Italy and Greece are tightening controls to limit… Read more >
Greece launches website to help keep alive a love of its beauty, culture and people.
Greece launches website to help keep alive a love of its beauty, culture and people. (Picture: Trevor Grundy). By Trevor Grundy Greece gave the world the word democracy…. Read more >