“The CPJ promptly responds to violations of journalists’ rights and supports them with specific initiatives,” Lina Kushch

“We strive for all these journalists to be free,” emphasized colleagues from the American Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) during a meeting with the First Secretary of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), Lina Kushch, in the New York office.

The CPJ has placed a wall with portraits of imprisoned colleagues who are being held in different countries. Among them are Ukrainians Dmytro Khyliuk, Iryna Levchenko, Iryna Danylovych, and Vladyslav Yesypenko.

Gulnoza Said, coordinator of programs for Europe and Central Asia, and researcher Anna Brakha once again confirmed that Ukraine remains the focus of their attention.

“We talked about how the freeze of American funding has affected Ukrainian media (it has had a bad effect, especially on local newsrooms and freelancers),” said Lina Kushch.

According to her, the CPJ not only promptly responds and documents violations of journalists’ rights but also supports them with concrete initiatives. Last year, the organization helped the NUJU hold three workshops on mental health for Ukrainian media professionals with the participation of international expert Hannah Storm.

NUJU Information Service