Statement of support for Ukraine and Ukrainian Journalists

We, the undersigned organisations, stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but particularly Ukrainian journalists who now find themselves at the frontlines of a large-scale European war.

We unilaterally condemn the violence and aggression that puts thousands of our colleagues all over Ukraine in grave danger.

We call on the international community to provide any possible assistance to those who are taking on the brave role of reporting from the war zone that is now Ukraine. 

We condemn the physical violence, the cyberattacks, disinformation and all other weapons employed by the aggressor against the free and democratic Ukrainian press. 

We also stand in solidarity with independent Russian media who continue to report the truth in unprecedented conditions.

Signed: 

Justice for Journalists Foundation 

2. Index on Censorship

3. International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz” 

4. International Media Support (IMS)

5. Yerevan Press Club 

6. Turkmen.news 

7. Free Press Unlimited

8. Human Rights Center “Viasna”

9. Albanian Helsinki Committee

10. Media Rights Group, Azerbaijan 

11. European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

12. Association of European Journalists

13. School of Peacemaking and Media Technology in Central Asia 

14. Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan

15. Reporters Without Borders, RSF

16. Association of Independent Press of Moldova, API 

17. Public Association “Dignity”, Kazakhstan

18. PEN International 

19. Human Rights House Foundation, Norway

20. IFEX

21. UNITED for Intercultural Action

22. Human Rights House Yerevan

23. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Vanadzor, Armenia

24. Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Norway

25. Society of Journalists, Warsaw

26. The Swedish OSCE-network

27. Hungarian Helsinki Committee 

28. Legal policy research centre, Kazakhstan

29. Public Foundation Notabene, Tajikistan 

30. HR NGO “Citizens’ Watch, St. Petersburg, Russia

31. English PEN

32. Public organization “Dawn”, Tajikistan

33. International Press Institute (IPI)

34. The Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan 

35. ARTICLE 19

36. Human Rights House Tbilisi

37. Rights Georgia

38. Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center, Azerbaijan

39. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

40. Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

41. Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

42. European Federation of Journalists

43. Social Media Development Center, Georgia

44. Populus Rei, Georgia

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