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Russian blogger Yegor Zhukov handed suspended sentence for 2017 protest coverage
December 12, 2019 12:09 PM ET
Vilnius, Lithuania, December 12, 2019 -- Russian authorities should not contest the appeal of journalist Yegor Zhukov and should allow him to work without fear of prosecution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ joins call for Russian government to drop foreign agent bill
November 18, 2019 2:38 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined nine other international press freedom organizations in signing a statement urging Russia to drop draft legislation that would add individual journalists and bloggers to the country’s list of “foreign agents.”...
Laws, cheap web filters arm Russia to block news, says Censored Planet
November 7, 2019 11:36 AM ET
When Daniil Kislov tried to view the website of Fergana from his computer in Moscow on November 1, his browser showed him the now-familiar notification that the independent news outlet he directs had been blocked by order of Roskomnadzor, the national agency that regulates the internet in Russia, he...
Getting Away with Murder
October 29, 2019 8:00 AM ET
CPJ's 2019 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free Published October 29, 2019 Somalia is the world’s worst country for the fifth year in a row when it comes to prosecuting murderers of journalists, CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index found. War and...
Russian police raid news outlets and journalists’ homes in October 15 crackdown
October 18, 2019 2:30 PM ET
Vilnius, October 18, 2019 – Russian authorities should stop harassing media outlets and reporters, and allow the press to freely cover opposition political groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Russian authorities harass journalists reporting on Svetlana Prokopyeva terrorism case
October 4, 2019 1:42 PM ET
Vilnius, October 4, 2019 -- Russian authorities should drop the charges against journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva and stop harassing reporters covering her case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ joins call for Russian authorities to end harassment of journalists covering Moscow protests
August 22, 2019 2:46 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined seven other press freedom organizations in calling on the Russian authorities to end their harassment of journalists covering opposition protests in Moscow. Protests have taken place on four consecutive Saturdays in July and August after the local electoral commission’s decision to ban...
Moscow police detain, assault journalists covering protests
August 8, 2019 10:21 AM ET
Washington, D.C., August 8, 2019--Russian authorities should allow journalists to cover protests freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today, after the detention of several journalists and the use of force by police against the media during demonstrations in Moscow on July 27 and August 3....