Radio Free never accepts money from corporations, governments or billionaires – keeping the focus on supporting independent media for people, not profits. Since 2010, Radio Free has supported the work of thousands of independent journalists, learn more about how your donation helps improve journalism for everyone.

Make a monthly donation of any amount to support independent media.





Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges

New York, July 23, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned Tuesday’s sentencing of exiled journalist and writer Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in jail in absentia, on charges of spreading “fake” information about the Russian military in Ukraine, and called on Russian authorities to stop harassing journalists in exile. “The punitive sentence handed down by…

New York, July 23, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned Tuesday’s sentencing of exiled journalist and writer Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in jail in absentia, on charges of spreading “fake” information about the Russian military in Ukraine, and called on Russian authorities to stop harassing journalists in exile.

“The punitive sentence handed down by Russian authorities to exiled journalist Mikhail Zygar is the latest in a long list of repressive actions against independent voices,” said CPJ Director of Advocacy and Communications Gypsy Guillén Kaiser. “Russian authorities must immediately cease their transnational repression of journalists who report truthfully on the war in Ukraine.”

The case against Zygar, the former editor-in-chief of the now-exiled Russian broadcaster Dozhd TV (TV Rain) and a CPJ 2014 International Press Freedom Awardee, stems from his 2022 Instagram post about the Bucha massacre in Ukraine.

In April, a Moscow court ordered Zygar be arrested in absentia.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the country’s authorities have harassed several exiled journalists over their reporting on the war.


This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.


Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

Leave a Reply

APA

Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free (2024-07-23T17:51:53+00:00) Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/

MLA
" » Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges." Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free - Tuesday July 23, 2024, https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/
HARVARD
Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free Tuesday July 23, 2024 » Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges., viewed ,<https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/>
VANCOUVER
Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free - » Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/
CHICAGO
" » Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges." Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free - Accessed . https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/
IEEE
" » Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges." Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free [Online]. Available: https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/. [Accessed: ]
rf:citation
» Russia sentences journalist Mikhail Zygar to 8½ years in absentia on ‘fake’ news charges | Committee to Protect Journalists | Radio Free | https://www.radiofree.org/2024/07/23/russia-sentences-journalist-mikhail-zygar-to-8%c2%bd-years-in-absentia-on-fake-news-charges/ |

Please log in to upload a file.




There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.