Russia - Journalists persecuted by judges in Rostov-on-Don

Reporters without borders

The release of Mikhail Khodorkovski, Pussy Riot and Greenpeace activists must not divert attention from the many other threats to fundamental freedoms in Russia Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the judicial harassment of journalists critical of the authorities in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. Sergei Reznik, a well-known journalist and blogger, has been sentenced to 18 months in a labour camp, while Aleksandr Tolmachev, another journalist, has been in pre-trial detention for (...)

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