More than fifty countries joined this Friday at the United Nations to condemn the deaths of several journalists in
“The immediate physical safety of journalists and media workers on the ground – both Ukrainian and international – is our main concern amid the growing number of verified reports of attacks once morest them by Russian forces and the relentless escalation of hostilities once morest civilians,” they said in a statement.
The signatories condemned the deaths of Brent Renaud, Yevhenii Sakun, Pierre Zakrzewski, Oleksandra Kuvshynova and Oksana Baulina and underlined the “key role” that journalists have during a conflict.
“We call to respect international humanitarian law and to ensure that journalists and media workers are protected,” points out the text, signed by the countries of the European Union, the United States, several Latin American countries and others such as Japan or Australia.
The statement further condemns “all efforts to silence and limit independent coverage” of the invasion within Russia itself, accusing the Moscow authorities of intimidating and harassing journalists and blocking the work of independent media.
He also considers the blockade “unacceptable” in Russia to Facebook, Twitter and various foreign media “Under false pretexts that they were spreading fictitious information regarding the war in Ukraine” and criticizes the laws that establish sentences of up to fifteen years in prison for anyone who discredits the Armed Forces.
“We condemn this indefensible violation of freedom of expression and opinion,” The signatory countries pointed out, which also charged once morest the repression that independent media are suffering in Belarus, a country that has allowed Russia to use its territory to launch its military operation in Ukraine.
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