We, the undersigned organisations, stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but particularly Ukrainian journalists who now find themselves at the frontlines of a large-scale European war.

We unequivocally condemn the violence and aggression that puts thousands of our colleagues all over Ukraine in grave danger.

We call on the international community to provide any possible assistance to those who are taking on the brave role of reporting from the war zone that is now Ukraine. 

We condemn the physical violence, the cyberattacks, disinformation and all other weapons employed by the aggressor against the free and democratic Ukrainian press. 

We also stand in solidarity with independent Russian media who continue to report the truth in unprecedented conditions.

Join the statement of support for Ukraine by signing it here. 

#Журналісти_Важливі

Signed: 

1. Justice for Journalists Foundation 
2. Index on Censorship
3. International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz” 
4. International Media Support (IMS)
5. Yerevan Press Club 
6. Turkmen.news 
7. Free Press Unlimited
8. Human Rights Center “Viasna”
9. Albanian Helsinki Committee
10. Media Rights Group, Azerbaijan 
11. European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
12. Association of European Journalists
13. School of Peacemaking and Media Technology in Central Asia 
14. Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan
15. Reporters Without Borders, RSF
16. Association of Independent Press of Moldova, API 
17. Public Association “Dignity”, Kazakhstan
18. PEN International 
19. Human Rights House Foundation, Norway
20. IFEX
21. UNITED for Intercultural Action
22. Human Rights House Yerevan
23. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly – Vanadzor, Armenia
24. Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Norway
25. Society of Journalists, Warsaw
26. The Swedish OSCE-network
27. Hungarian Helsinki Committee 
28. Legal policy research centre, Kazakhstan
29. Public Foundation Notabene – Tajikistan 
30. HR NGO “Citizens’ Watch – St. Petersburg, Russia
31. English PEN
32. Public organization “Dawn” – Tajikistan
33. International Press Institute (IPI)
34. The Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan 
35. ARTICLE 19
36. Human Rights House Tbilisi
37. Rights Georgia
38. Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center, Azerbaijan
39. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
40. Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
41. Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
42. European Federation of Journalists
43. Social Media Development Center, Georgia
44. Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia
45. OBC Transeuropa
46. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
47. Journalists Union YENI NESIL, Azerbaijan
48. Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) , Istanbul
49. Baku Press Club 
50. Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
51. Union Sapari
52. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ)
53. Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, Armenia 
54. FEDERATIA SINDICATELOR DIN SOCIETATEA ROMANA DE RADIODIFUZIUNE, Bucharest, ROMANIA 
55. CD FILMS (FRANCE)
56. CFDT-Journalistes
57. Belarusian Association of Journalists 
58. SafeJournalists network
59. Association of Journalists of Kosovo
60. Association of Journalists of Macedonia
61. BH Journalists Association
62. Croatian Journalists’ Association
63. Independent Journalists Association of Serbia
64. Trade Union of Media of Montenegro
65. Analytical Center for Central Asia (ACCA)
66. Trade Union of Croatian Journalists 
67. European Press Prize
68. Ethical Journalism Network
69. European Journalism Centre 
70. Slovene Association of Journalists
71. Investigative Studios
72. PEN Belarus
73. Public Media Alliance (PMA)
74. Estonian Association of Journalists
75. Federación de Sindicatos de Periodistas (FeSP) (Spain)
76. DJV, German Journalist Federation  
77. Free Russia Foundation   
78. Association for Human Rights in Central Asia – AHRCA 
79. “Human Rights Consulting Group” Public Foundation, Kazakhstan
80. Committee to Protect Journalists
81. Ski Club of International Journalists (SCIJ)
82. Women In Journalism Institute, Canada – associate of CFWIJ
83. Romanian Trade Union of Journalists MediaSind
84. Romanian Federation Culture and Mass-Media FAIR, MediaSind
85. New Generation of Human Rights Defenders Coalition, Kazakhstan
86. Coalition for the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Activists, Kazakhstan
87. Legal policy Research Centre, Kazakhstan 
88. Eurasian Digital Foundation, Kazakhstan
89. Legal Analysis and Research Public Union, Azerbaijan
90. German Journalists Union
91. Digital Rights Expert Group, Kazakhstan
92. Bella Fox, LRT/Bellarus Media, Lithuania
93. Syndicat national des journalistes CGT (SNJ-CGT), France
94. Karin Wenk, Editor in Chief Menschen Machen Medien
95. Press Emblem Campaign 
96. Federacion de Servicios, Consumo y Movilidad (FeSMC) – UGT (Spain)   
97. Sindicato dos Jornalistas, Portugal
98. International media project Август2020/August2020 (august2020.info), Belarus
99. Independent Association of Georgian Journalists (journalist.ge)
100. Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers, Macedonia
101. Adam Hug, Director, Foreign Policy Centre
102. Zlatko Herljević, Croatian journalist, lecturer of journalism at University VERN, Zagreb, Croatia
103. Independent Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU), Russia
104. The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
105. Hungarian Press Union (HPU), Hungary
106. Lithuanian Journalists Union
107. National Union of Journalists UK & Ireland 
108. Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (Italy)
109. Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) 
110. Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
111. Association of Journalists, Turkey
112. Slovak Syndicate of Journalist, Slovakia
113. GAMAG Europe (European Chapter of the Global Alliance for Media and Gender)
114. Slovenian Union of Journalists (SNS)
115. Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE)
116. Syndicate of Journalists of Czech Republic
117. 360 Degrees, Media outlet, North Macedonia
118. Frontline, Skopje, North Macedonia
119. Community Media Solutions (UK)
120. The Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norway
121. Rentgen Media (Kyrgyz Republic)
122. Union of Journalists in Finland (UJF)
123. Syndicat National des Journalistes (SNJ), France
124. The Swedish Union of Journalists, Sweden
125. Asociación Nacional de Informadores de la Salud. ANIS. España
126. Association Générale des Journalistes professionnels de Belgique (AGJPB/AVBB)
127. Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM), North Macedonia  
128. Lithuanian Journalism Centre, Lithuania
129. Club Internacional de Prensa (CIP), España
130. Periodical and Electronic Press Union
131. Fojo Media Institute, Sweden
132. Mediacentar Sarajevo 
133. Media Diversity Institute
134. Impressum – les journalistes suisses
135. Agrupación de Periodistas FSC-CCOO
136. South East European Network for Profession­alization of Media (SEENPM)
137. TGS, Turkey
138. Investigative Journalism Center, Croatia
139. Verband Albanischer Berufsjournalisten der Diaspora, Schweiz
140. IlijašNet
141. Journalists Union of Macedonia and Thrace (Greece)
142. The Union of Journalists of Armenia (UJA) 
143. Associació de Periodistes Europeus de Catalunya (APEC)
144. International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR)
145. FREELENS e.V. – German Association of Photojournalists & Photographers
146. LawTransform (CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation, Bergen, Norway)
147. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication
148. Platform for Independent Journalism (P24), Turkey
149. Novi Sad School of Journalism (Serbia) 
150. Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya (Catalunya)