Biba Klomp
09-18-2009, 08:57 AM
Two weeks before the third anniversary of the shooting of Anna Politkovskaya the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will be hosting a workshop on journalists’ safety and impunity during the Russian Union of Journalists’ (RUJ) annual media festival.
Over two thousand journalists from across Russia will meet at the Black Sea resort of Dagomys from 25 – 29 September to debate the current state of Russian journalism.
The opening session will see the presentation of Partial Justice : an Investigation into the Deaths of Russian Journalists 1993 – 2009, which reviews the extent and causes of impunity enjoyed by the killers of journalists. The report is the result of a unique collaboration between the IFJ, RUJ and the two leading Russian media monitors, the Glasnost Defence Foundation and the Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations.
The report shows that of the 313 journalists’ deaths recorded since 1993
- Up to 124 died as a direct result of their journalism
- 19 were clearly murdered for their journalism and another 19 cases reveal strong evidence to suggest they were also killed for their work, most of whom died outside and far from Moscow;
- 189 deaths appear unrelated to their work
A database documenting and categorising all deaths according to the circumstances and status of the investigation can be found at: http://journalists-in-russia.org/journalists/
On behalf of the ENJN networking programme the IFJ has invited journalists’ unions from the ENPI neigbhouring countries to attend a thematic workshop focused on their roles and responsibilities in protecting journalists and to strengthen the regional campaigning against impunity.
In addition the IFJ Ukraine safety handbook (https://docs.google.com/a/ejc.net/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=123dd2651771b4b7&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fa%2Fejc.net%2F %3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D09d0387a19%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12 3dd2651771b4b7%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHBy-hYZZAFJOBc1tV-OsX3HXJrGGsaHKw) produced with the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the Swedish Union of Journalists will be presented.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/a/ejc.net/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.2&thid=123dd2651771b4b7&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fa%2Fejc.net%2F %3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D09d0387a19%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12 3dd2651771b4b7%26attid%3D0.2%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHBy-hbBFT5l9mt70n-xgRTx-cXDlRGwaQ) for the Russian version of the handbook.
Over two thousand journalists from across Russia will meet at the Black Sea resort of Dagomys from 25 – 29 September to debate the current state of Russian journalism.
The opening session will see the presentation of Partial Justice : an Investigation into the Deaths of Russian Journalists 1993 – 2009, which reviews the extent and causes of impunity enjoyed by the killers of journalists. The report is the result of a unique collaboration between the IFJ, RUJ and the two leading Russian media monitors, the Glasnost Defence Foundation and the Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations.
The report shows that of the 313 journalists’ deaths recorded since 1993
- Up to 124 died as a direct result of their journalism
- 19 were clearly murdered for their journalism and another 19 cases reveal strong evidence to suggest they were also killed for their work, most of whom died outside and far from Moscow;
- 189 deaths appear unrelated to their work
A database documenting and categorising all deaths according to the circumstances and status of the investigation can be found at: http://journalists-in-russia.org/journalists/
On behalf of the ENJN networking programme the IFJ has invited journalists’ unions from the ENPI neigbhouring countries to attend a thematic workshop focused on their roles and responsibilities in protecting journalists and to strengthen the regional campaigning against impunity.
In addition the IFJ Ukraine safety handbook (https://docs.google.com/a/ejc.net/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=123dd2651771b4b7&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fa%2Fejc.net%2F %3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D09d0387a19%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12 3dd2651771b4b7%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHBy-hYZZAFJOBc1tV-OsX3HXJrGGsaHKw) produced with the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the Swedish Union of Journalists will be presented.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/a/ejc.net/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.2&thid=123dd2651771b4b7&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fa%2Fejc.net%2F %3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D09d0387a19%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12 3dd2651771b4b7%26attid%3D0.2%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHBy-hbBFT5l9mt70n-xgRTx-cXDlRGwaQ) for the Russian version of the handbook.