- 
French
 - 
fr
German
 - 
de
Italian
 - 
it
Spanish
 - 
es
English
 - 
en
UKR
National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

THE NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE

No Result
View All Result
DONATE
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
DONATE
THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Our Partners
  • DONATE
Home TOP news

Lutfiye Zudiyeva: The persecution of journalists in Crimea continues

NUJU By NUJU
13.12.2024
in TOP news, News
0
0
photo 2024 12 11 11 09 21
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSent by emailScan QR

Speech by Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean journalist and human rights activist, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), at the NUJU online human rights forum called Trials over Freedom of Speech in Crimea: the Price of Journalistic Work.

Greetings from Crimea. It is very important and very warm to feel that the fate of our colleagues continues to remain in the field of view thanks to such meetings. I personally thank Sergiy Tomilenko for this work. I believe that sooner or later, this will lead to their release. I also want to wish all of you strength in your work, without which justice cannot be established. I believe that journalism changes the world and, together with you, is working to free our colleagues.

Unfortunately, since our last meeting, the list of imprisoned journalists in Crimea has increased again. At the moment, we know of 18 arrested journalists in Crimea who collaborated with various media outlets. Seventeen of them, unfortunately, have already been transferred from Crimea and are being held in prisons and colonies scattered throughout russia. Fifteen of them have already been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, for example, up to 19 years in prison. This is a very, very long term.

Today, colleagues will talk about what can be done to release them. I will try to tell you very briefly, very concisely, about what is happening to each of them right now because, in my opinion, this is very important.

The big problem that we see now with our colleagues is that they are not only losing their freedom, they are losing their health; they are losing the best years of their lives. And, perhaps, we can somehow at least strive to ensure that journalists can be provided with access by independent doctors, access by ombudsmen from other countries, perhaps third countries. So that we understand what is happening to them and can help them and somehow influence their state of health.

And in conclusion, I would also like to say that in February of this year, my house was also searched. My laptop and phone were confiscated. They were returned only three months later. As a result, four administrative cases have already been opened against me. All of them are due to journalistic texts, posts about political prisoners, about my colleagues, about people whose fates I study in Crimea.

Unfortunately, the persecution of journalists in Crimea continues. But our work – our joint work, because there are still many journalists working in Crimea – this work also continues. And I believe that it will not always be like this.

The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine held the online forum titled Trials over Freedom of Speech in Crimea: the Price of Journalistic Work on December 11, 2024, with the support of the Swedish human rights organization, Civil Rights Defenders.

According to the NUJU, at least 31 media workers are in captivity in the russian federation.

NUJU Information Service

 

Previous Post

A generator helps Cherkasy media workers have no trouble with news releases due to blackouts

Next Post

“Everything changes at war – even protective equipment can become a threat,” photojournalist Yan Dobronosov on working under the sights of drones

Related Articles

dzh 10
TOP news

“I’ve built my own methodology of investigation” – investigative journalist Liubov Velychko

2025/07
harkiv brazyliya1
TOP news

“I see and feel the history of war”: Brazilian media worker recording military events in Ukraine

2025/07
Vladlen Abdulkadyrov. Crimean solidarity
TOP news

Ukrainian journalists support repressed colleagues from Crimea

2025/07

Discussion about this post

TOP News

  • Frédéric Pétry during filming in Orekhov. Photo by 65 SMB / Andrii Andriienko

    French photojournalist Frédéric Pétry documents realities of the war in Zaporizhzhia

    59 shares
    Share 24 Tweet 15
  • List of journalists killed since start of russia’s full-scale aggression (UPDATE)

    277 shares
    Share 111 Tweet 69
  • “Protect the economic viability of professional information production!” – UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay

    3 shares
    Share 1 Tweet 1
dzh 10

“I’ve built my own methodology of investigation” – investigative journalist Liubov Velychko

25.07.2025
harkiv brazyliya1

“I see and feel the history of war”: Brazilian media worker recording military events in Ukraine

23.07.2025
Vladlen Abdulkadyrov. Crimean solidarity

Ukrainian journalists support repressed colleagues from Crimea

23.07.2025
Generated by AI

Media Grant Competitions: Closed System or Professional Selection?

21.07.2025
zobrazhennya viber 2025 07 17 16 09 16 930

“A colleague said, “Stop thinking like a regional journalist.” And I replied that this is my advantage,” – Vasylisa Stepanenko

18.07.2025
The film was released with English subtitles for foreign viewers

Pages of Hope – a film about indomitable might of front-line journalism

17.07.2025

National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), according to its Statute, it is a national all-Ukrainian organization a creative union uniting journalists and other media workers.

Contacts

E-mail: [email protected]

© 2023 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result

© 2023 - 2025 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In