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Viktoria Roshchyna

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organizations today mourn the death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died in unclear circumstances while in Russian detention, and whose death was confirmed by Russian and Ukrainian authorities on Thursday. We welcome the opening of an investigation by Ukrainian authorities on grounds of “war crime combined with premeditated murder” and demand that Russian authorities do the same to elucidate the circumstances of Roshchyna’s death and bring to justice all those who could be responsible.

Quelle: https://ipi.media/ukraine-mfrr-and-partners-mourn-death-and-demand-justice-for-victoria-roshchyna/

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Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

Quelle: https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-journalist-viktoriia-roshchyna-posthumously-named-ipi-press-freedom-hero/

jetzt posthum vom International Press Institute (IPI) als World Press Freedom Hero geehrt wurde.

Hintergrund

・In March 2022, Roshchyna was captured by Russian forces and held for 10 days in the temporarily occupied city of Berdiansk.

・In 2022, Roshchyna wrote a series of articles for Ukrainska Pravda from the temporarily occupied territories. Her work included stories about life in occupied Crimea during the war, the sham referendum in occupied Donetsk Oblast, and a photo report from the devastated city of Mariupol.

・On 25 July 2023, Roshchyna left Ukraine for Poland, planning to make the three-day journey via Russia to the occupied part of Ukraine's east.

・On 3 August 2023, Roshchyna went missing in Russian-occupied territory.

・It was not until May 2024 that Russia admitted to having detained Roshchyna. The Russian Ministry of Defence sent a letter confirming this to her father, Volodymyr Roshchyn.

・Russia delayed the repatriation of Roshchyna's body, which was only returned in February 2025.

・The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that Roshchyna's body bore multiple signs of torture and ill-treatment: abrasions, bruises, a broken rib and evidence of electrocution.

Quelle: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/ukrainian-journalist-viktoriia-roshchyna-killed-in-russian-captivity-named-world-press-freedom-hero/ar-AA1Oegeu

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