19.05.2023 – Pressure on Journalist Nailya Mullayeva by Russian Authorities

19.05.2023 – Pressure on Journalist Nailya Mullayeva by Russian Authorities

May 19, 2023 • • disabled comments

On Tuesday, 16 May 2023 local police in Kazan (Казань), the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan republic, searched the apartment where the freelancer and former activist Nailya Mullayeva (Наиля Муллаева) lives. The police confiscated her journalist equipment, including mobile phones and laptop, as also some letters.

The officials investigate Mullayeva connected to an anti-war comment against the Russian army posted by one other person on the social media platform Vkontakte (Вконтакте). According to Mullayeva, she does not know this person. According to the authorities, Mullaeva is a witness in a criminal case.

Mullayeva runs also a Telegram channel called BIRDS (https://t.me/birdsrf). This is not the first case of harassment Mullayeva has faced, as she has previously last year been detained and fined. In 2022 her apartment was also searched by police and her passport was seized. Also, another search at Mullaeva’s apartment took place in March this year.

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18.05.2023 – Journalist Muhammed Yavaş Subjected to Assault for Political Reporting Ahead of Electron

May 18, 2023 • • disabled comments

On Wednesday 10 May 2023 Turkish journalist and writer Muhammed Yavaş, who works for Çan’dan Haberler, was allegedly assaulted in the province of Çanakkale, Turkey, after criticizing political banners by an ultra-right party: https://www.facebook.com/cangundemi/posts/pfbid0TPBYdVfxzvcMgEgqZ6Dv23VRfHn9mxJe3iBDeoeYx2RA2m87XzNdwKGFbBwBixYUl

Yavaş had expressed concern that the banners suggested voting for opposition candidates in the upcoming elections would be seen as supporting a banned terrorist group.

According to Yavaş, he was invited to a meeting, that allegedly ended up with a physical attack and death threats. Yavaş, who was not seriously injured, filed a criminal complaint following the incident.

The head of the ultra-right party allegedly accused Yavaş of provoking the incident. Yavaş denied these allegations.

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18.05.2023 – Journalist Muhammed Yavaş Subjected to Assault for Political Reporting Ahead to Election

May 18, 2023 • • disabled comments

On Wednesday 10 May 2023 Turkish journalist and writer Muhammed Yavaş, who works for Çan’dan Haberler, was allegedly assaulted in the province of Çanakkale, Turkey, after criticizing political banners by an ultra-right party: https://www.facebook.com/cangundemi/posts/pfbid0TPBYdVfxzvcMgEgqZ6Dv23VRfHn9mxJe3iBDeoeYx2RA2m87XzNdwKGFbBwBixYUl

Yavaş had expressed concern that the banners suggested voting for opposition candidates in the upcoming elections would be seen as supporting a banned terrorist group.

According to Yavaş, he was invited to a meeting, that allegedly ended up with a physical attack and death threats. Yavaş, who was not seriously injured, filed a criminal complaint following the incident.

The head of the ultra-right party allegedly accused Yavaş of provoking the incident. Yavaş denied these allegations.

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15.05.2023 – Journalist Tetyana Tsyrulnik assaulted during coverage of Victory Day commemorations in Ukraine

May 15, 2023 • • disabled comments

On Tuesday 9 May,2023 journalist Tetyana Tsyrulnik ( Тетяна Цирульник) was assaulted while covering Victory Day commemorations (меморіалі Солдатської Слави) in the Ukrainian city of Poltava.

Tsyrulnik, who is the Editor-in-Chief of local news website Kolo.news (Коло), was pushed and slapped by a man who objected to her taking photographs.
She reported the incident to police and received a medical examination for minor injuries to her face. Ukrainian authorities have opened a criminal case for “threats or violence against a journalist” and the perpetrator has been identified. In the video on “Свобода Слова” it can be seen that Tsyrulnik was taking a photo, and a man pounced on her with words “Чуєш, курво, йди звідси!, began to push her out, then hit her in the face . Video is visible on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=GeXP1OW23oc&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imi.org.ua%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

Subsequently, Tsyrulnik faced further harassment as other individuals at the event downplayed the severity of the attack and made derogatory comments. Some even went as far as to suggest that the incident was not significant.. Tsyrulnik also reported being chased by an unidentified man who demanded to know her last name. The police intervened and asked him to leave.

The incident underscores the hostile environment in which journalists work in Ukraine and the need for better protection of press freedom.

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12.05.2023 – Editor in Chief of Tabloid Milovan Brkić Arrested

May 12, 2023 • • disabled comments

Milovan Brkić, the editor-in-chief of Tabloid, was arrested on Monday 8 May 2023 in his apartment in Belgrade, Serbia, according to Predrag Popović, the deputy editor of the magazine.

Media reports suggest that Brkić allegedly made several insults and threats against President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić at a protest in Belgrade on Monday 8 May 2023.

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11.05.2023 – AFP Journalist Arman Soldin, Dies in Rocket Attack near Bakhmut

May 11, 2023 • • disabled comments

Arman Soldin (32), a Bosnian-born French journalist, was killed while reporting in Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut, Ukraine on Tuesday 9 May 2023.

Soldin worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP) as a video coordinator and was accompanying Ukrainian soldiers in the area, which is known for heavy fighting.

A rocket attack by Russian forces struck the group, hitting Soldin and killing him. None of the other members of the reporting crew were injured. Soldin had been reporting from the front line in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 24 February 2022, and was the agency’s lead video reporter at the time of his death.

The attack occurred around 4.30pm approximately 10 km from Ukrainian frontline positions in Bakhmut, which has been the site of ongoing battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces for the past nine months. The reporting crew had a security adviser with them at the time of the attack.

Soldin, who was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1991,
came with12 months to France in 1992.

Since the start of the new Russian invasion in Ukraine in 2022, at least 14 media workers, including Soldin, have lost their lives, according to the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) – the list of killed journalist is visible on www.seemo.org.

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