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Campaigns and Advocacy - Russia

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Russia

Punk collective Pussy Riot gives exclusive interview to IFEX member Index on Censorship

Members of the band who have not yet been arrested are now in hiding, but they responded to interview questions by email.

Russia / Mexico

Meeting highlights common challenges faced by journalists, civil society activists

ARTICLE 19 and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) held their first one-day meeting to share experiences of addressing violence against journalists, exchange best practices and strategies on protection, and learn from each other.

Russia

Global journalists' community joins IFJ to mark memorial day for dead colleagues

As the Russian Union of Journalists prepares to host its annual commemoration of journalists who have died in the course of their work, IFJ expressed solidarity with its colleagues.

Russia

Terror, threats and corruption: report of RSF fact-finding visit to Russian Caucasus

RSF representatives visited Chechnya and Dagestan from 9 to 13 September 2011, meeting with journalists, government officials and human rights activists.

Russia

Five years on, writers continue to call for justice for Anna Politkovskaya

PEN American Center expresses concern that some of the people behind Politkovskaya's murder may still be at large, furthering a climate of impunity for crimes against journalists and writers.

Russia / Europe and Central Asia

European Commission must press Russia on impunity, says CPJ

CPJ urged European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to address Russia's record of rampant impunity in resolving the killings of journalists.

Russia

CPJ calls on mayor to "immediately drop his cruel lawsuit" against editor Mikhail Beketov

CPJ told the mayor that his insistence on pursuing the lawsuit does infinitely more damage to his personal reputation than anything Beketov ever said or wrote.

Russia

Rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held in Moscow

The editor of "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper proposed starting a campaign to name a street after the murdered journalist.

Russia

Russia pledges to pursue journalist murder probes

Top investigators have pledged to pursue 19 cases of murdered journalists presented to them by a CPJ delegation.

Ukraine / Belarus / Russia

Conference examines advocacy strategies to combat impunity in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

Organised by ARTICLE 19 and IMS, the conference addressed the protection of journalists, including the use of violence as a means of controlling the media and the lack of effective government interventions to prevent and investigate abuses.

Russia

European Court must ensure that religious "hate speech" laws conform with international standards on freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19

The organisation has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the ECHR in the case against the organisers of an art exhibit in 2003.

Russia

Civil society and media organisations forge a way for free media in the North Caucasus

More than sixty media and human rights representatives gathered in Moscow to discuss joint actions for improving the state of freedom of expression.

Russia

Government must respect recommendations of UN Human Rights Committee on free expression, says ARTICLE 19

The Committee expressed its concern "at the alarming incidence of threats, violent assaults and murders of journalists and human rights defenders."

Joint action - Russia

Natalya Estemirova case must be solved, say CPJ, PEN American Center

CPJ and Pen American Center call on the Russian president to ensure that both Estemirova's assassins and those who sent them to her doorstep are brought to justice.

Russia

ARTICLE 19 urges the UN Human Rights Committee to hold Russia accountable

In a report submitted to the Committee, ARTICLE 19 provides detailed evidence of a range of abuses of the right to freedom of expression in Russia.

Russia

Following mission to Russia, IPI warns impunity still gravest obstacle to press freedom

IPI called on the federal government to ensure that law enforcement agencies conduct conclusive investigations into assaults and murders of journalists.

Russia

IPI delegation raises issue of impunity, self-censorship with Human Rights Ombudsman

In the first leg of its Russia advocacy mission, the IPI delegation met with various media outlets.

Joint action - Russia

Human rights advocate Lev Ponomarev seriously hurt; Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and others urge Obama to address attacks on activists in talks with Medvedev

(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a Human Rights Watch press release:

Joint action - Russia

Double murder reveals culture of impunity and injustice

(ARTICLE 19/Index on Censorship/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship: