technewslit, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to photography

New photo-shoot on World Press Freedom Day ... National Press Club president Emily Wilkins talks with advocates for journalists held hostage: Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva.

Here, Wilkins talks with Stephen Capus, president of RFE/RL, employer of Alsu Kurmasheva.

More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Press-Freedom-Day-2024

#Photography #NewsPhotography #PressFreedom #Journalism #FreeEvan #FreeAlsu #FreeAustinTice #NationalPressClub #WorldPressFreedomDay

fulelo, 3 months ago to random

RFERL journalist #Alsu #Kurmasheva has spent 120 days in a #Russian jail
#FreeAlsu
https://pressroom.rferl.org/free-alsu-kurmasheva

WSJ journalist #Evan #Gershkovich has spent more than 320 days in a #Moscow prison
#IStandWithEvan
https://www.wsj.com/news/evan-gershkovich

##JournalismIsNotACrime

freedomofpress, 4 months ago to random

Alsu Kurmasheva, an RFE/RL journalist, has been wrongfully detained in Russia for 100 days for her reporting.

Freedom of the Press Foundation stands with Alsu

Journalism is not a crime!

#FreeAlsu

https://freedom.press/news/us-must-designate-alsu-kurmasheva-as-wrongfully-detained-in-russia/

freedomofpress, 6 months ago to random

The State Dept and Secretary Blinken should immediately designate RFERL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva as wrongfully detained.

Russia is using its notorious "foreign agents" law to target Kurmasheva for being a journalist.

#FreeAlsu

https://freedom.press/news/us-must-designate-alsu-kurmasheva-as-wrongfully-detained-in-russia/

pboehler, 7 months ago to random

Journalism is not a crime.
#FreeAlsu

https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-condemns-detention-of-journalist-alsu-kurmasheva-in-russia/32644110.html