8 hours agoRussia announces Reporters Without Borders “undesirable organisation”
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)Russia has introduced Reporters Without Borders to the list of undesirable “organisations”, which in practice implies that this media watchdog is banned from operating in this state. Under an controversial law adopted in 2015 but rarely used before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia could ban organisations [...]
Russia has introduced Reporters Without Borders to the list of undesirable “organisations”, which in practice implies that this media watchdog is banned from operating in this state.
Under an controversial law adopted in 2015, but rarely used before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia could ban foreign organisations that it considers a threat to national security.
The staff of these organisations that are declared undesirable “” risk prosecution.
The Kremlin has intensified the printing of independent media, a decade-long campaign after sending troops to Ukraine in 2022, passing censorship laws banning criticism of the military, reports REL, broadcast Periscope
Reporters Without Borders, headquartered in France, repeatedly denounced attacks on freedom of expression and helps persecuted journalists.
Just last month, a Russian court sentenced a former journalist and volunteer of the late opposition leader Alsei Navalny ) whose organisations have been declared <x0-thermist” in Russia to 12 years in prison.
Reporters Without Borders described her imprisonment as a <x0simbol of printing of independent voices from the Kremlin” and called for her release, as required for all journalists arrested in Russia.
The list of undesirable “ants that the Russian Ministry of Justice has so far includes about 250 organisations, including Radio Free Europe, Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Jale University. /Periscope/
