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CATEGORY: Russia
Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom: Policy recommendations for Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
Governments and the EU must take a stronger stand for media freedom, a new Index report on media freedom in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine argues
Russia: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 21 incidents in Russia in October 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Russia: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 14 incidents in Russia in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Russia: Press freedom violations August 2019
There were 27 incidents in Russia in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Organisations call on Russia to end targeting of journalists covering Moscow protests
A coalition of eight media freedom and journalists’ organisations are calling on Russian authorities to immediately stop the harassment of journalists who have been covering the recent protests in Moscow.
Russia: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 32 incidents in Russia in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Russia: As space for independent media shrinks, journalists find themselves under increasing threats of physical violence
This report looks at 175 incidents that Index on Censorship’s Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project classified as threats, limitations or violations of press freedom in Russia between 1 February 2019 and 30 April 2019.
Russia: Press freedom violations June 2019
There were 32 incidents in Russia in June 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Project Exile: Reporter escaped Russia after beating, burns
Fatima Tlisova didn’t make it easy for the Russian government to get rid of her. As a reporter covering Russia’s fight against Chechen separatists in what was known as the Second Chechen war in the early 2000s, she was kidnapped, beaten and had her fingertips burned with cigarettes by Russian security forces.