After Russian police seized documents and computer servers from the Moscow headquarters of Educated Media Foundation (formerly Internews Russia) on April 18 in connection with a criminal investigation of its president, Manana Aslamazyan, the Russian nongovernmental organization announced it is suspending operations, according to an Internews news release.

More than 2,000 Russian journalists have written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin in support of Aslamazyan and Educated Media Foundation.

A hearing was scheduled for Thursday in the Golovinskii regional court of Moscow, according to the release.

Internews is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Arcata and with offices in 23 countries.

Its mission is to “improve access to information for people around the world by fostering independent media and promoting open communications policies in the public interest,” according to its Web site, www.internews.org.