“The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine called on the international community to immediately promote the liberation of all Ukrainian media from Russian captivity. There are at least 30 journalists now. This is stated in a statement of solidarity with Ukrainian journalists, prisoners of the Russian Federation, which was adopted during the meeting of the NSFU Board on July 3, said the head of the organization Sergey Tomilenko. “Russia remains the main enemy of Ukrainian journalism and freedom of speech,” – said”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
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This is stated in a statement of solidarity with Ukrainian journalists prisoners Russian Federationwhich was adopted during the meeting of the NSFU Board of July 3, The chairman reported organization Sergey Tomilenko.
“Russia remains the main enemy of Ukrainian journalism and freedom of speech,” said the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, calling for a journal joint work to release the Kremlin’s hostages.
At the same time, Tomilenko emphasized the urgent need to provide access to verified information about the fate of journalists who are held captive in the newly -mentioned territories: “We are dealing with a situation where more than ten journalists are kept in complete isolation, without proper access to lawyers and international monitoring. This creates the ground for torture, human rights and impunity. We insist on international pressure that will allow prisoners to access, confirm their status and guarantee protection, communication with families. ”
Also, the head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Organization of NSFU Natalia Kuzmenko spoke about the dramatic situation in the region, 70% of the territory of which was occupied: “We were witnessing how our colleagues began to arrest and torment. Irina Levchenko, Anastasia Glukhovska, Georgy Levchenko, Yana Suvorov, Vladislav Gershon and Yevgeny Ilchenko were especially injured.
According to the NSU, Irina Levchenko was arrested with her husband in May 2022. Alexander was released a year ago, but Irina’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Earlier it was reported that in the Zaporozhye direction of the front died Journalist from Zhytomyr Bogdan Lysenko.
At the front at the age of 39 was killed A video operator Community Television TV channel from Yuzhne Andrey Androsovich.
