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....
Demonstrators attack reporters, damage equipment at press conference in Kazakhstan
July 25, 2019 12:30 PM ET
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2019 -- Kazakhstan authorities should immediately investigate the attack on journalists at a press conference in Almaty and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Tajik authorities revoke press accreditation of RFE/RL reporter Barotali Nazarov
July 1, 2019 2:00 PM ET
Washington, D.C., July 1, 2019 -- Tajikistan authorities should immediately reinstate video journalist Barotali Nazarov's press accreditation and cease using accreditations as a means of censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Ukrainian officials assault investigative reporter and cameraman
March 8, 2019 2:57 PM ET
Kiev, March 8, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ukrainian authorities to swiftly investigate an assault on reporter Katerina Kaplyuk and cameraman Boris Trotsenko, who work for the investigative news show "Schemes," a project of U.S.-funded Radio...
Ukrainian investigative journalists report being followed, monitored
February 25, 2019 3:26 PM ET
Kiev, February 25, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern for the safety of journalists working at Ukraine's Schemes and Bihus.Info investigative journalism outlets after both reported being followed and surveilled last week, and called on authorities to...
Ukraine court grants prosecutors access to investigative reporter's phone records
September 4, 2018 1:02 PM ET
New York, September 4, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a Ukrainian court's decision to grant the country's prosecutor general's office permission to access the phone records of Natalie Sedletska, a reporter, editor, and television presenter for Schemes,...
Ukrainian reporter held by Moscow-backed separatists forced to confess in Russia state TV interview
August 22, 2018 4:33 PM ET
New York, August 22, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Russian state-run TV channel Rossiya 24's broadcast of an interview with Stanislav Aseyev, a Ukrainian reporter held for more than a year by Russia-backed separatists, in which he falsely...