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The NUJ has signed a joint letter calling for the UK government to abandon plans to grant a presumption of anonymity to police firearms officers facing criminal proceedings.

Journalists now have a dedicated safety officer in every UK police force, providing direct access to support when faced with abuse and threats of violence.

Senior London Metropolitan Police officers have provided reassurances to the NUJ ahead of the Football Lads Against Grooming Gangs demonstration on 28 June.

A report by Liberty Investigates reveals trade union membership is among data processed by forces. The union has expressed its concern whilst stressing the need to protect confidential journalistic material.

The NUJ has welcomed the Central Criminal Court’s decision to refuse police access to Asa Winstanley’s journalistic property after determining that the search warrant was unlawful.

The union will always stand firm for the right of bona-fide newsgatherers to do their jobs without fear of threats to their well-being.

The NUJ and law reform charity JUSTICE have written jointly to Yvette Cooper, UK home secretary, expressing deep concern over a proposed change in law granting anonymity to firearms officers subject to criminal proceedings following a shooting.

Use the NUJ’s online tool to inform us of incidents including of abuse, harassment and legal proceedings made against you.

The union is encouraging journalists to use the online reporting tool capturing incidents of harassment, abuse and “lawfare” targeted at journalists across the UK and Ireland.

"The UK government cannot on one hand state its commitment to valuing media freedom whilst endorsing the targeting of journalists through raids and seizures" says Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary.

Following a legal challenge by Liberty supported by the NUJ, state spying bodies will no longer be able to easily access journalists’ communications.

Michelle Stanistreet and Séamus Dooley have written to political leaders urging an independent inquiry into the journalist's death.

Michelle Stanistreet and Anthony Bellanger have written as general secretaries of the NUJ and IFJ to the Head of UK counter terrorism policing, over the use of anti-terror legislation against journalists.

The union has commented after charges were dropped against a photographer arrested by South Wales Police one day before the trial was due to begin.

The union won an apology and out-of-court settlements for two photographers and a video journalist who were detained while covering a Black Lives Matter solidarity protest for Eric Garner at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, London, on December 10, 2014.

On International Women's Day, the union is supporting calls to national police leads urging necessary action to address the harmful online violence women journalists face as part of their work.

The NUJ has stressed action by An Garda Síochána to obtain images of far-right riots poses danger to the safety of photojournalists.

The NUJ has signed a joint letter calling for the UK government to abandon plans to grant a presumption of anonymity to police firearms officers facing criminal proceedings.

Journalists now have a dedicated safety officer in every UK police force, providing direct access to support when faced with abuse and threats of violence.

Senior London Metropolitan Police officers have provided reassurances to the NUJ ahead of the Football Lads Against Grooming Gangs demonstration on 28 June.

A report by Liberty Investigates reveals trade union membership is among data processed by forces. The union has expressed its concern whilst stressing the need to protect confidential journalistic material.

The NUJ has welcomed the Central Criminal Court’s decision to refuse police access to Asa Winstanley’s journalistic property after determining that the search warrant was unlawful.

The union will always stand firm for the right of bona-fide newsgatherers to do their jobs without fear of threats to their well-being.

The NUJ and law reform charity JUSTICE have written jointly to Yvette Cooper, UK home secretary, expressing deep concern over a proposed change in law granting anonymity to firearms officers subject to criminal proceedings following a shooting.

Use the NUJ’s online tool to inform us of incidents including of abuse, harassment and legal proceedings made against you.

The union is encouraging journalists to use the online reporting tool capturing incidents of harassment, abuse and “lawfare” targeted at journalists across the UK and Ireland.

"The UK government cannot on one hand state its commitment to valuing media freedom whilst endorsing the targeting of journalists through raids and seizures" says Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary.

Following a legal challenge by Liberty supported by the NUJ, state spying bodies will no longer be able to easily access journalists’ communications.

Michelle Stanistreet and Séamus Dooley have written to political leaders urging an independent inquiry into the journalist's death.

Michelle Stanistreet and Anthony Bellanger have written as general secretaries of the NUJ and IFJ to the Head of UK counter terrorism policing, over the use of anti-terror legislation against journalists.

The union has commented after charges were dropped against a photographer arrested by South Wales Police one day before the trial was due to begin.

The union won an apology and out-of-court settlements for two photographers and a video journalist who were detained while covering a Black Lives Matter solidarity protest for Eric Garner at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, London, on December 10, 2014.

On International Women's Day, the union is supporting calls to national police leads urging necessary action to address the harmful online violence women journalists face as part of their work.

The NUJ has stressed action by An Garda Síochána to obtain images of far-right riots poses danger to the safety of photojournalists.