Quotes of the Week: ‘Criminalizing calls for a ceasefire and prosecuting individuals for peacefully expressing views on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine are blatant attacks on freedom of expression’ – Amnesty International

Week-ending 5 December 2025 “In preparation for the September 2026 parliamentary election, Russian authorities are steadily dismantling what remains of peaceful political opposition. It is clear they want to purge…

Continue ReadingQuotes of the Week: ‘Criminalizing calls for a ceasefire and prosecuting individuals for peacefully expressing views on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine are blatant attacks on freedom of expression’ – Amnesty International

Quotes of the Week: ‘Russian authorities should immediately release [Heorhiy] Levchenko and all other Ukrainian journalists’ – CPJ

Week-ending 5 September 2025 “After capturing Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Levchenko two years ago in retaliation for his brave reporting on the war from the occupied territories, Russian forces have now sentenced him…

Continue ReadingQuotes of the Week: ‘Russian authorities should immediately release [Heorhiy] Levchenko and all other Ukrainian journalists’ – CPJ

Quotes of the Week. “Russian occupation forces are hunting down independent Ukrainian journalists, arresting and deporting them — sometimes to its own territory” – Antoine Bernard, RSF

Week-ending 28 February 2025 "Russian occupation forces are hunting down independent Ukrainian journalists, arresting and deporting them — sometimes to its own territory. As of today, 18 of these journalists…

Continue ReadingQuotes of the Week. “Russian occupation forces are hunting down independent Ukrainian journalists, arresting and deporting them — sometimes to its own territory” – Antoine Bernard, RSF