Moskovskiye Novosti

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Police and protesters at Pushkin Square on Monday. (AP/Sergey Ponomarev)

Moscow police must investigate attacks on journalists

New York, March 7, 2012–A reporter covering a post-election protest in Moscow suffered a concussion after being assaulted by police, the most serious of at least three attacks on journalists reporting on demonstrations on Monday, news reports said. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the assaults and calls on police to hold the assailants accountable…

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Russian journalists detained at post-election rally

March 5, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that three journalists and one blogger covering opposition protests in Russia are being held without charge in a Moscow police station.

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