The International Committee of the protection of press freedom and journalists’ rights, see the statements of Russian journalist Anastasia Izyumskaya about her dismissal from the “Russian news service”, which is published in today’s issue of “Novaya Gazeta”, said that the facts set out there is clearly evidence of very heavy situation prevailing in Russia today with respect to press freedom.
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International Committee of the protection of freedom and civil society expresses its concern at the prevailing these days in Estonia riots. International Committee for the Protection of freedom and civil society causes of these events finds systematic efforts by the Russian secret services, who for many years were deliberately aimed at destabilizing the situation in the Baltic countries, formerly part of the Soviet Union. As a tool to incite tension totalitarian revenge-seekers who do not wish to accept the loss of the Baltic territories, using a variety of legal organizations of Russian-speaking minority, funded and led by the due eastern border.
The International Committee of the protection of press freedom and journalists’ rights expresses its deep concern about the facts of the systematic harassment of journalists by the Russian authorities. The International Committee for the Protection of the free press and rights of journalists regard this peculiar to totalitarian regimes, the dangerous trend of misunderstanding by the Russian authorities the vital importance of freedom of speech as one of the cornerstones of democracy and open society.
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International Committee for the Protection of freedom and civil society are deeply saddened by the sudden death of prominent political figure of our time, the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
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International Committee of the protection of freedom and civil society expresses its extreme concern that took place today, the facts of cruel persecution of the participants and organizers of the “March of Dissent” in Moscow by Russian law enforcement.
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