{"id":7629,"date":"2022-07-13T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7629"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:20:38","slug":"journalists-union-shut-down-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/journalists-union-shut-down-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists\u2019 union shut down in Russia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UNI Europa joins the European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) in <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanjournalists.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/11\/russia-efj-and-ifj-condemn-suspension-and-demand-for-liquidation-of-independent-russian-trade-union-jmwu\/\">condemning<\/a> moves by the Russian authorities to shut down the Journalists\u2019 and Media Workers\u2019 Union (JMWU).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A court order was sent to the union on 5 July informing of the decision to dissolve the union and for a suspension of its activities. The union had been given a 3-day deadline to submit a swathe of documents <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">including details of the organisation\u2019s accounts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> details of rallies, seminars, round tables, trainings and presentations, texts of radio and TV speeches of the organisation\u2019s representatives<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cStrong journalist unions are core to democratic societies. Without information, people cannot hope to hold their leaders to account. This deeply authoritarian tactic will further isolate working people in Russia. We stand resolutely with our sister union federation, the EFJ, in condemning this attack on journalists and on democracy,\u201d said Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanjournalists.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/11\/russia-efj-and-ifj-condemn-suspension-and-demand-for-liquidation-of-independent-russian-trade-union-jmwu\/\">ETF\/ITF statement here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>[Picture credit: JMWU]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNI Europa joins the European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) in condemning moves by the Russian authorities to shut down the Journalists\u2019 and Media Workers\u2019 Union (JMWU).\u00a0 A court order was sent to the union on 5 July informing of the decision to dissolve the union and for a suspension of its activities. 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