‘A major political farce’: Galina Arapova on what abolishing the Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union will lead to in Russia

Director of the Mass Media Defence Centre and Moscow Helsinki Group member Galina Arapova 14 September 2022 by Valentina Rodionova Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ridus] The Moscow Municipal Court…

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Open Letter by Journalists: “We demand an immediate investigation of the self-immolation of Irina Slavina and that those responsible for driving her to suicide be punished.”

6 October 2020 By the Union of Journalists and Mass Media Workers Source: Union of Journalists and Media Workers On Friday, 2 October, the journalist Irina Slavina set fire to…

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Union of Journalists and Media Workers: Journalism is not a crime!

Union of Journalists and Mass Media Workers Source: Facebook 7 July 2020 Over the past week, journalists have become regular heroes of criminal news: the attack at a polling station…

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Union of Journalists & Media Workers: Support Svetlana Prokopieva before her trial!

18 April 2020 Published by Igor Ya., Union of Journalists and Media Workers Source: Change.org 20 April 2020 will see the first court hearing in the case being brought against…

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