Anna Politkovskaya

Death Threats Against Italian Author

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Italy, La Repubblica, International PEN, Christmas, Russia, Assassination, Roberto Saviano, Journalist, Gamorra, Mafia, Anna Politkovskaya, Naples, Media News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

This is not the first time we've seen a prominent journalist be slated for assassination, or assassinated.

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Putin's Broken Promise

Nina Ognianova | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Ivan Safronov, Russian Media, Vladimir Putin, Committee to Protect Journalists, Media, Putin, Andrei Piontkovsky, Anna Politkovskaya, Journalism, Paul Klebnikov, Media News
Nina Ognianova

Putin may not be personally responsible for his government's hostility toward the press, but one thing is certain: he has not lived up to his pledge to protect journalists.

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Prosecutors Know Who Killed Russian Journalist

New York Times | CJ Chivers | Posted 10.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Russia, Journalism, Novaya Gazeta, Journalists, Anna Politkovskaya, Newspapers, Reporters, Media News

The independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the man who killed Anna Politkovskaya, the newspaper's correspond...

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Pass the Federal Shield Law

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Right Ot Privacy, Free Flow of Information Act, Senate Judiciary Committee, National Security, Anna Politkovskaya, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

We must urge the Senate to pass this federal shield law not merely to empower reporters, and a free press, but to empower each and every one of us; to give us back the truth of our elections and our wars.

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Chechen Detained In Murder Of Famed Russian Journalist

AP | Mike Eckel | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Checnya, Journalism, Anna Politkovskaya, Home News

The former head of a district in Chechnya has been arrested on suspicion of organizing the execution-style murder of investigative journalist Anna Pol...

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