India, Nov. 2 -- Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Denis Krivosheev responded to Novaya Gazeta’s announcement that it will cease operations on 9 November, calling the closure “a devastating loss” and urging Russian authorities to end what he described as persecution of independent media.
Amnesty International statement
Krivosheev said Novaya Gazeta had “withstood years of mounting state pressure,” and cited actions and incidents affecting the newspaper and its staff.
He said the newspaper’s journalists “have been killed for doing their jobs,” and that its website had been blocked and its official registration cancelled. He also said that “just last month,” it was designated a “foreign agent.”
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