Ukraine

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned Thursday's raid by Ukrainian security agents on the independent newspaper Vesti as well as moves by Ukrainian authorities to bar entry to dozens of Russian journalists and media workers. Around 11 a.m. Thursday, agents from the security service known as SBU searched Vesti's newsroom in Kiev and confiscated its computer servers, shutting down the...

Russian authorities and news outlets reported today that Andrei Stenin, the 33-year-old Russian photojournalist for the state-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya, who went missing in Ukraine in early August, was killed in the country's Donetsk region. "We condemn the killing of Andrei Stenin, which calls attention once again to the dangers of covering the conflict in Ukraine from any side," CPJ...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have repeated their plea for all sides in Ukraine to respect the rights of journalists and ensure they are not intimidated or harmed following reports that Russian journalist, Andrei Stenin, has been found dead. Stenin, who worked for Russia’s state-run news agency, RIA Novosti, which is part of...

The International Press Institute (IPI) has called called for a full investigation into the fate of a Russian photojournalist whose death was confirmed on Wednesday nearly a month after he went missing in eastern Ukraine. Andrei Stenin was covering the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for Russian media outlet Rossiya Segodnya when he went missing on...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have expressed their concern for the safety of Russian journalist, Andrei Stenin, following reports that he has been detained in eastern Ukraine. According to media reports, Stenin, who works for Russia’s state-run news agency, RIA Novosti, which is part of the Rossiya Segodnya holding, has gone...

Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Lugansk region of Ukraine abducted at least one journalist on Thursday, according to a local press freedom group and news reports. Separatists with the self-declared Lugansk People's Republic in Stakhanov, in Lugansk region, detained Yevgeny Timofeyev, a sports journalist who works for the local newspaper Futbolnoye Obozreniye (Soccer Observer), reports said...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have appealed for all sides involved in the ongoing Ukraine crisis to ensure that journalists reporting on events are given free and open reporting access at all times. Mindful of the precarious situation for journalists covering events, the IFJ and the EFJ have also advised journalists covering...

In recent days in Ukraine, an international journalist was wounded in a car crash caused by separatists' gunfire, a local journalist was detained by separatists, a Russian reporter for Bloomberg News was briefly detained by a Ukrainian army unit, and a foreign journalist was expelled by Ukrainian authorities, according to press freedom groups and local and international media. On Sunday, Bianka...

In the past two days, at least two journalists have gone missing in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, while pro-Russia separatists abducted a fixer and briefly detained a reporter, according to news reports and press freedom and human rights groups. The moves come as the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic Wednesday banned journalists from the conflict area. "Abductions and detentions of...

Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine should stop threatening and obstructing journalists from reporting on the Malaysia Airlines plane crash, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Since Friday, armed separatists with the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have briefly detained and threatened at least 10 foreign correspondents, according to international press reports...