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Novaya Gazeta shuts down as press freedom faces its darkest hour

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Novaya Gazeta shuts down as press freedom faces its darkest hour [IFJ] 31-10-2026


/ Russia NPGU Appeals over Intensified Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Workers and Trade Unions [KVPU] 03-10-2026


/ Russia UNI condemns abhorrent Russian attack on Ukrainian shopping centre [UNI Global Union] 25-08-2026


/ Russia IndustriAll Europe condemns deadly attack on Zaporizhstal workers [IndustriAll Europe] 14-08-2026


/ Russia EPSU condemns attack on WHO warehouse in Ukraine [EPSU] 13-08-2026



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Novaya Gazeta shuts down as press freedom faces its darkest hour 2026-10-31 [IFJ]

Japan Reporter arrested by Russian security services for alleged espionage 2026-10-16 [IFJ]

Russia NPGU Appeals over Intensified Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Workers and Trade Unions 2026-10-03 [KVPU]

Russia UNI condemns abhorrent Russian attack on Ukrainian shopping centre 2026-08-25 [UNI Global Union]

Ukraine The silence Russia wanted: how journalist Anastasiia Hlukhovska vanished into incommunicado detention 2026-08-20 [EFJ]

Russia IndustriAll Europe condemns deadly attack on Zaporizhstal workers 2026-08-14 [IndustriAll Europe]

Russia EPSU condemns attack on WHO warehouse in Ukraine 2026-08-13 [EPSU]

Journalist sentenced to 12 years in prison 2026-08-02 [IFJ]

Journalist Darya Shipacheva sentenced to 12 years in prison 2026-07-31 [EFJ]

Russia Trade unions rally at Russian Embassy in London demanding release of captive Ukrainian nuclear workers 2026-07-16 [EPSU]

Russia Russian cartoonist and artist in exile Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in the street 2026-07-01 [EFJ]

Russia “We thought we’d be safe”: the story of Iryna Levchenko, a Ukrainian journalist detained by Russia 2026-05-28 [EFJ]

Russia Russian missile-and-drone attack damaged six media offices in Kyiv 2026-05-28 [EFJ]

Global ITUC expresses concern over the situation involving the Confederation of Labour of Russia 2026-04-20 [ITUC]

Factory owner detained in Ingushetia over use of forced labour 2026-04-15 [OC Media]

Searches and Detentions at Russian Confederation of Labour Offices 2026-04-10 [Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Russia Steelworkers Humanity Fund donates $10,000 in humanitarian support to Ukrainian workers 2026-03-07 [Yahoo/Finance]

Russia ‘We have to keep people warm’: The Ukrainian energy workers risking their lives as Russia targets critical facilities 2026-01-24 [CNN]

Russia ITF condemns Black Sea vessel attacks and calls for protection of seafarers 2025-12-16 [ITF]

Russia Two Ukrainian journalists killed by drone attack in Kramatorsk 2025-10-24 [IFJ]

Russia Demand for justice from Russia one year after death of Victoria Roshchyna 2025-09-19 [EFJ]

Russia Fascists: Notes from a frontline factory in eastern Ukraine 2025-09-07 [Snyder substack]

Russia Three newspaper buildings hit by Russian drones 2025-09-01 [EFJ]

Russia ITUC solidarity with Ukrainian trade unions as Russian attacks intensify 2025-09-01 [ITUC]

Russia Russian Missile Strike Hits US-Owned Factory in Western Ukraine With 600 Workers Inside 2025-08-24 [United24Media]

Russia Russian strikes continue to cripple Ukraine’s mines and communities 2025-08-22 [IndustriALL]

Russia Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 2025-07-31 [AP]

Russia Abandoned Russian and Ukrainian fishers finally receive wages after three-year ordeal 2025-06-19 [ITF]

Egypt From students to soldiers: how Russia sends Egyptians to the Ukrainian front line 2025-05-27 [Equal Times]

Russia Shireen Abu Akleh Prize awarded to Russian journalist Antonina Favorskaya 2025-05-13 [IFJ]

Russia WPFD 2025: How can we better support Russian and Belarusian journalists in exile? 2025-05-05 [EFJ]

Four journalists sentenced to jail on charges of “extremism” 2025-04-17 [IFJ]

USA US shutdown of RFE/RL broadcasting in Russian language further undermines the public’s right to know 2025-04-11 [IFJ]

Channel One journalist killed by a landmine near Ukrainian border 2025-03-28 [EFJ]

Russia Three Russian media workers killed in rocket attack 2025-03-26 [EFJ]

Putin’s Russia is cracking down on universities and academics 2025-03-21 [Green Left Weekly]

Russian trade unionist: ‘Even silence is viewed as dissent’ 2025-03-18 [Green Left Weekly]

Ukraine ITF condemns killing of seafarers in Russian missile attack 2025-03-18 [ITF]

Xenophobic Crackdown on Central Asian Migrants 2025-03-18 [Human Rights Watch]

Russia Three Years of Ukraine War: A Russian Trade Unionist Viewpoint 2025-03-15 [UNIA Workzeitung]

IFJ and EFJ condemn expulsion of Le Monde correspondent 2025-02-07 [IFJ]

Authorities prosecute seven foreign journalists covering the war in the Kursk region 2025-02-03 [IFJ]

Russia Izvestia's correspondent killed by drone attack 2025-01-07 [IFJ]

Ukraine Urgent investigation needed into death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity 2024-10-14 [EFJ]

Government official threatens foreign journalist covering the war in the Kursk region 2024-10-07 [EFJ]

Government official threatens foreign journalist covering the war in the Kursk region 2024-10-06 [IFJ]

Ukraine The global labour movement must hold Russia accountable for war crimes against Ukrainian workers 2024-10-01 [GLC]

Russia Mass spoofing of European media outlets highlights risks of pro-Russian disinformation 2024-10-01 [EFJ]

Russia COSATU Statement on 13th BRICS Trade Unions Forum (BTUF) scheduled for 7 to 8 September in Sochi, Russia 2024-09-05 [COSATU]

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