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Press Releases
Support Journalism Under Attack in Russia
The Educated Media Foundation (EMF, formerly known as Internews Russia)
was forced to suspend its work following an April 18, 2007 eleven-hour
raid on its Moscow headquarters. Police seized financial documents and
computer servers, supposedly under a criminal investigation of EMF president
Manana Aslamazyan triggered by her failure to fill out a customs declaration. Over 2000 Russian journalists signed
a letter to President Putin in support of Aslamazyan and her organization,
and numerous news articles, editorials, and statements of support both
Russian and international have called the government's actions excessive.
Latest News on Educated Media Foundation (Internews Russia)
- Media NGO Head Challenges Smuggling Law in High Court, March 28, 2008
- President promised to shield, Novaya Gazeta, September 6, 2007
- Educated Media Head's Plea for Trial in Absentia Rejected, Interfax News, August 27, 2007
- Putin invites Aslamazyan to return to her home country "without worry," Novaya Gazeta, August 27, 2007
- Russia: Continued Violation of the Right to Free Expression, Article 19 statement mentioning EMF, July 19, 2007 (PDF)
- Prominent defense lawyer flees Russia, Reuters, July 18, 2007
- IPI Concerned About Russian Authorities' Behavior in EMF Case, Statement by International Press Institute, July 6, 2007
- Statement #11 by Educated Media Foundation,
Legal Successor of NGO "Internews", July 4, 2007
- Harassment of Internews Russia Expands, Internews press release, June 29, 2007
- Russian NGO effectively shut, director flees, Associated Press, June 29, 2007
- Russian Probe Shuts Media
Foundation: Critics See Political Motive Against Group's Leader, Raid at Offices , Washington Post, June 29, 2007
- Putin Strikes Again,
Jamey Gambrell, The New York Review of Books, June 19, 2007
- Radio
Interview with Manana Aslamazyan, CBC Radio's As It Happens,
June 21, 2007 Listen
to Part 2 of As It Happens (about 7.5 minutes in)
- Statement #9 by Educated
Media Foundation (formerly known as Internews), June 22, 2007
- Foreign
training group falls foul of Kremlin, The Times of London,
June 22, 2007
- Russia: 'Common Attitude
Of Suspicion' Behind NGO Struggles, Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty, June 21, 2007
- Russian
court rejects NGO appeal against seizure of documents,
RIA Novosti, June 21, 2007
- NGO Head Flees Over
'Stupid Oversight', Moscow Times, June 21, 2007
- Court hears petition, promises
decision tomorrow, statement from Educated Media Foundation, June 20, 2007
- Freedom of Speech Stopped
at Customs, Kommersant, June 20, 2007
- An Open Letter from Manana
Aslamazyan, June 19, 2007
- Targeting media trainers in
Russia, ABC - The Media Report, June 7, 2007
- Editorial: “Seizing
it All”, Vedomosti, May 31, 2007
- Welcome to
Moscow, Transitions Online, May 29, 2007
- IFJ Resolution on Freedom
of Journalists in Russia and Rights of the Union of Russian Journalists,
International Federation of Journalists, June 1, 2007
- Why Manana?,
The New Times, May 30, 2007
- Court Rejects Motion to Drop
Criminal Case, Tax Service Unfreezes Bank Accounts, EMF statement,
May 30, 2007
- NGO's
Funds Are Frozen, Moscow Times, May 30, 2007
- Old habits,
new hypocrisy, Economist, May 24, 2007
- International Women’s
Media Foundation - Letter in Support of Internews,
May 23, 2007
- Russian
Journalists Fight for Independent Media, The Nation - Editor's
Cut, May 21, 2007
- Le Monde Column
on Educated Media Foundation, May 19, 2007
- Statement #3 from the Educated Media
Foundation (May 17, 2007)
- The Day of Good Manners,
Kommersant, May 16, 2007
- Courts delay action
on media NGO's complaint about raid on office; part of a campaign to
silence critical NGOs, says CJES, IFEX, May
16, 2007
- Reporters Evicted in
Favor of Russia Today, Moscow Times, May 16, 2007
- A Stunning
Miscalculation, the Moscow Times, May 15, 2007
- IPI Resolution
on Curtailment of Press Freedom in Russia, International
Press Institute, May 14, 2007
- Internews
Russia office closes after raid, Eureka Reporter, May 13,
2007
- Russia’s restricted
voices, Open Democracy, May 10, 2007
- Some 2,100 Russians
sign letter in support of NGO head under investigation, Ekho
Moskvy, May 9, 2007
- Firemen
inspect the "Educated Media" Foundation, Caucasian
Knot, May 4, 2007
- Three
to One Vote that World media freedom IS in retreat, UNESCO (May
4, 2007)
- Statement #2 from the Educated Media
Foundation (May 4, 2007)
- A Case
for All Holidays, editorial in Vedomosti (published jointly with
the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times), May 3, 2007
(in
Russian)
- Freedom Fall, Kommersant,
May 3, 2007
- Kremlin accused on
media freedoms,
BBC, May 2, 2007
- Russia's
new tyranny, The Guardian, May 1, 2007
- Statement #1
from the Educated Media Foundation in English (April 26, 2007)
Statement
in Russian
- Statement
from the Educated Media Foundation in English (April 20, 2007) Statement in Russian
- Statement from Internews Network
- Statement from Internews International
- An
Open Letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated by TV-2 Tomsk
journalists
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The Global Forum for Media Development, which Internews Russia and Internews
Network helped launch, has composed a letter in
solidarity with fellow media professionals in Russia and in support
of Aslamazyan and the EMF. Please sign
the letter to show your
support of Russian journalists and media.
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