Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Crimes Against Journalists and the Destruction of Independent Journalism

“Since 2014, Russia’s war against Ukraine has been accompanied by crimes against journalists and the destruction of independent journalism in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, but from 2022, when the full-scale invasion began, also in the territories controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. Murders, kidnappings, threats, arrests of media representatives are only a small list of crimes committed by the Russian occupiers against the media,” said Katerina Djachuk, head of IMI’s freedom of expression monitoring department.

In the period from 2014 to 2022, seven journalists were killed on the territory of Ukraine. Three of them were killed while fulfilling the task of a journalist, four – as participants in hostilities. All of them were killed in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russia has killed 68 journalists. Ten of them were killed in the performance of professional duties, 58 – as participants in hostilities or as a result of Russian firing or torture (of which 45 – as participants in hostilities, 13 – as a result of Russian firing or torture).

IMI states that in its monitoring it does not register the deaths of representatives of Russian propaganda resources in the occupied territories of Ukraine, because they are not engaged in journalism, but in the informational support of military aggression.

Moreover, they all enter the territory of Ukraine illegally.

2023-11-03 07:54:00
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