Russian police detain, beat, and harass dozens of journalists covering pro-Navalny protests
New York, January 26, 2021 – Russian authorities should allow journalists to cover protests freely and without fear, and refrain from attacking or detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On January 23, police in at least 20 cities throughout Russia detained, beat, and otherwise interfered with the work of…
Ivan Safronov
Russian journalist Ivan Safronov is serving a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted on treason charges in September 2022. Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detained Safronov in Moscow in July 2020 in connection with his journalism and accused him of spying for a foreign country. His trial was conducted in secret for alleged national security…
Moldovan airline employee prevents Russian journalist Irek Murtazin from boarding flight to Moldova
New York, November 4, 2020 – Moldovan authorities should immediately investigate an incident in which Russian journalist Irek Murtazin was prevented from boarding an Air Moldova flight to Moldova, and ensure that journalists can freely report on the country’s presidential elections, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On October 31, at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport,…
Shelling injures 2 Russian journalists in Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenian government revokes journalist’s accreditation
New York, October 8, 2020 — Authorities in Armenia and Azerbaijan must ensure the safety of journalists covering the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and allow them to report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Yuriy Kotenok, chief editor of the conservative Russian news website Segodnia.ru, and Levon Arzanov, a correspondent from the Russian state-run…
CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
Updated October 9, 2020 Hostilities erupted once again on September 27, 2020, between the forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the autonomous region of Nagorno-Karabakh. As of October 9, over 300 people had been killed, according to news reports. Major population centers such as Stepanakert, the region’s capital, and Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, have been…
Journalist from Dagestan, Russia threatened with death in a phone call
New York, July 27, 2020 – Authorities in the Russian republic of Dagestan should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the death threat against journalist Svetlana Anokhina and ensure she has adequate protection, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On July 22, a man called Anokhina and threatened to kill her, the journalist…
Amid COVID-19, the prognosis for press freedom is dim. Here are 10 symptoms to track
By Katherine Jacobsen The COVID-19 pandemic has sent public health officials scrambling, the global economy into shock, and governments everywhere into crisis. It has also reshaped the way journalists work, not least because many authorities in many countries have cited the contagion as a reason to crack down on the news media. Certain dangers will…
Orkhan Dzhemal
Unidentified attackers shot and killed Russian freelance reporter Orkhan Dzhemal and two colleagues – documentary filmmaker Aleksandr Rastorguyev and camera operator Kirill Radchenko – on July 30, 2018, while they were driving about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) north of the town of Sibut in the Central African Republic. Dzhemal was 51. A statement issued by…
Maksim Borodin
Maksim Borodin, 32, a Yekaterinburg-based investigative correspondent for the independent news website Novy Den, died April 15, 2018, after falling on April 12, 2018 from the balcony of his fifth-floor apartment, local media and his employer reported. Borodin’s neighbors found the journalist’s unconscious body on the ground outside the apartment building, according to a report…
Khudoberdi Nurmatov
Moscow police on August 1, 2017 arrested Khudoberdi Nurmatov, a contributor to the independent Russian daily newspaper Novaya Gazeta better known by his pen name, Ali Feruz, near his employer’s Moscow office on immigration charges, according to media reports. The same day, Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled that the journalist had violated Russian immigration laws…