Russia continues to carry 28 Ukrainian journalists and media employees in captivity.
Supply: Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) Committee on Freedom of Speech on Fb
Quote from the committee: "One other 28 Ukrainian journalists and media employees stay in Russian captivity. We name on the worldwide group to proceed to place strain on Russia – solely publicity and protracted preventing will convey nearer the day when all Ukrainians will return dwelling."
Particulars: The Institute of Mass Data (IMI) lists 26 civilian journalists and one media employee combatant in captivity.
The IMI has data that a few of them have been in jail on trumped-up fees since 2016.
On 24 August, Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk was introduced again to Ukraine as a part of a prisoner of warfare change. He was kidnapped by Russian forces in Kyiv Oblast in 2022 and held in detention for greater than three years.
Dmytro endured torture and important weight reduction. His final place of imprisonment was a penal colony in Pakino, Russia, which is infamous for its harsh circumstances for Ukrainian captives.
Journalist Mark Kaliush, who was kidnapped in Melitopol in 2023 together with six colleagues, was additionally launched within the latest change.
He was one of many directors of the Telegram channels RIA-Melitopol and Melitopol is Ukraine. The Russians accused him of "planning a terrorist assault". They later launched him from jail and despatched him for compelled psychiatric "remedy", supposedly for schizophrenia.
Background:
- The IMI says over 840 Russian crimes in opposition to media representatives have been recorded in Ukraine because the begin of Russia’s full-scale warfare, together with the killing of 108 journalists.
- Amongst these tortured to demise in captivity was journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who investigated the kidnapping and torture of civilians by Russian forces in occupied territories.
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