Urgent investigation needed into death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity

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

Russia Authorities prosecute five foreign journalists covering the war in the Kursk region [IFJ] 23-08-2024

Russia EFJ condemns threats against RAI journalists [EFJ] 19-08-2024

Russia YouTube crackdown threatens press freedom and expands online censorship [EFJ] 15-08-2024

Russia Russia jails US-Russian journalist Kurmasheva for over 6 years [EFJ] 23-07-2024

Russia EFJ demands the release of political prisoner Evan Gershkovich [EFJ] 23-07-2024

Russia Journalist Artem Kriger jailed on charges of extremism [EFJ] 21-06-2024

Russia / Ukraine Detained Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna must be released [EFJ] 30-05-2024

Russia IFJ/EFJ demand immediate release of journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin [EFJ] 01-05-2024

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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]

Russia British media worker killed in Kramatorsk strike 2024-08-28 [EFJ]

Authorities prosecute five foreign journalists covering the war in the Kursk region 2024-08-23 [IFJ]

EFJ condemns threats against RAI journalists 2024-08-19 [EFJ]

YouTube crackdown threatens press freedom and expands online censorship 2024-08-15 [EFJ]

USA Four journalists released as part of a prisoner swap 2024-08-03 [IFJ]

Russia Prisoner swap involving several journalists under way in Turkey 2024-08-02 [EFJ]

Russia's Crackdown on Migrant Workers Backfires 2024-08-02 [Newsweek]

EFJ demands the release of political prisoner Evan Gershkovich 2024-07-23 [EFJ]

Russia jails US-Russian journalist Kurmasheva for over 6 years 2024-07-23 [EFJ]

Russia Journalists in Russian captivity must be released 2024-07-20 [IFJ]

Russia IndustriALL Global Union and IndustriAll Europe condemn recent Russian attack on Ukraine 2024-07-16 [IndustriALL]

Russia outlaws The Moscow Times as 'undesirable organisation' 2024-07-12 [EFJ]

Russia ITF condemns bombing of Ukrainian children's hospital 2024-07-10 [ITF]

Russia ITUC condemns Russian attack on children's hospital 2024-07-09 [ITUC]

Russia Barbaric and heart-wrenching: UNI condemns Russian strike on Kyiv children’s hospital 2024-07-09 [UNI Global Union]

Russia ILO expresses 'concern at the continuing aggression by the Russian Federation, aided by the Belarusian Government, against Ukraine' 2024-06-21 [ILO]

Journalist Artem Kriger jailed on charges of extremism 2024-06-21 [EFJ]

Russia Two Russian journalists killed within three days in occupied Donetsk region 2024-06-19 [IFJ]

Global The ILO and Russia: Global unions must choose sides 2024-06-05 [Solidarity - Eric Lee]

Detained Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna must be released 2024-06-01 [IFJ]

Ukraine Detained Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna must be released 2024-05-30 [EFJ]

IFJ/EFJ demand immediate release of journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin 2024-05-01 [EFJ]

Forbes journalist Sergei Mingazov under house arrest and banned from using Internet for spreading “false” information about Bucha 2024-04-29 [ETF]

Russia Unionists sign on to demand Russian anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky's freedom 2024-04-06 [Green Left Weekly]

We demand the release of Antonina Favorskaya and Olga Komleva 2024-04-04 [EFJ]

USA Moscow court extends detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich by three months 2024-03-28 [IFJ]

WFTU condemnation statement on the terrorist attck in Moscow 2024-03-26 [WFTU]

Russia ITUC Condemns Terrorist Attack on Moscow Concert Venue 2024-03-25 [ITUC]

Russia Appeal to protect exiled Russian journalists 2024-03-24 [IFJ]

Statement on the announcement by the Russian Federation that IndustriALL Global Union is an “undesirable organization” 2024-03-09 [IndustriALL]

Foreign correspondents targeted by new intimidation practices 2024-02-14 [EFJ]

Russian Ministry of Justice declares IndustriALL Global Union as 'undesirable' 2024-02-07 [Current Time]

Russia Three journalists injured in Russian missiles strike 2024-01-12 [EFJ]

Russia More media targeted by Russian strikes around the New Year 2024-01-08 [EFJ]

Asia St. Petersburg Police Round Up Thousands of Migrant Workers in New Year's Raids 2024-01-02 [Moscow Times]

New Russian Owners ‘Squeezing Out’ Workers at Former Volkswagen Plant – Trade Union 2023-12-13 [The Times]

Trade unions condemn criminalisation of LGBTIQ+ people and activists in Russia 2023-12-09 [EPSU]

Pardon for Anna Politkovskaya’s murderer 2023-11-17 [IFJ]

Russia ITF & JNG: Concerns regarding Ukrainian seafarers entering Russian ports and territorial waters 2023-11-01 [ITF]

Authorities detained Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva 2023-10-25 [EFJ]

Russia Call for an end to Russian war crimes against journalists in Ukraine 2023-09-08 [EPSU]

Ukraine ITF designated as undesirable organisation by Russian Federation 2023-09-08 [ITF]

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