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Stanislav Aseyev one of July’s “Most Urgent Cases” of injustice against journalists

June 28, 2019

Washington, D.C. — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a member of the One Free Press Coalition, a group of 33 prominent media organizations from around the world committed to using their collective muscle to shine a massive light on the plight of threatened journalists all over the world.

Every month, the One Free Press Coalition releases updates to its “10 Most Urgent” cases of journalists under attack for pursuing the truth. The list for July 2019 includes RFE/RL Ukrainian Service contributor Stanislav Aseyev, who is entering the third year of his detention incommunicado by the Russia-backed separatists of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.

A second RFE/RL Ukrainian Service contributor, Oleh Halaziuk, is also being held incommunicado in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.

​RFE/RL joined the coalition in May 2019, along with 15 other media companies including AméricaEconomía, Bloomberg News, BuzzFeed, Estadão, India Today, Insider Inc., Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Quartz, Radio Free Asia, RFE/RL, The Straits Times, TV Azteca, Voice of America, The Washington Post, and WIRED. The other members of the Coalition, which was conceived during a meeting of the International Media Council at the World Economic Forum, are: The Associated Press, Boston Globe, CNN Money Switzerland, Corriere Della Sera, De Standaard, Deutsche Welle, EURACTIV, The Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, HuffPost, Le Temps, Republik, Reuters, Süddeutsche Zeitung, TIME, and Yahoo News. The Coalition also works with partner organizations the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Women’s Media Foundation.

News organizations throughout the world can join the coalition by emailing info@onefreepresscoalition.com.

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