End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

34 journalists from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty have been targeted in 2017 for their professional activities in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, and other countries. They have faced physical attacks, arrests, trials, arbitrary detentions, interrogations, verbal assaults, online threats, and confiscation of their work equipment. In some cases, their family members have also been targeted. The perpetrators of these attacks are almost never held accountable and are not brought to justice. In the vast majority of cases, government officials act with complete impunity, and non-governmental actors are also not arrested or punished. Instead, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporters are treated like criminals. November 2 marks the day to end impunity for crimes against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists, recognizing those journalists and their family members who are imprisoned or in danger, including Stanislav Asif, Safar Mohammad Penskoliev, Sultan Achilova, and Aziz Yusupov. Thomas Kent, the head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, stated, 'The perpetrators of these attacks are almost never punished. In the vast majority of these cases, governments act with complete impunity, and non-governmental actors are also not punished. Instead, our reporters are treated like criminals.' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty calls for respect for international standards and a commitment to journalists' activities anywhere to perform their professional work in complete safety. They must have full legal protection to report for the people who need it most. In this context, Reza Moieni: A new wave of repression against journalists has begun in Iran. Motahari: I am following the situation of several imprisoned journalists, workers, and teachers. Opinions; harassment of journalists abroad. Soheil Arabi wins the Reporters Without Borders Information Freedom Prize. The changing battlefield of 'proxy wars'; the war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis. 1300 hours of internet outages; Witkoff: A horrific massacre occurred during the protests in Iran.