{"id":1227773,"date":"2025-10-02T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1227773"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:36:02","slug":"pace-demands-immediate-release-of-ukrainian-journalists-held-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/pace-demands-immediate-release-of-ukrainian-journalists-held-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"PACE Demands Immediate Release of Ukrainian Journalists Held in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)<\/strong> has adopted a resolution calling for the <strong>immediate release of at least 26 Ukrainian journalists<\/strong> imprisoned by Russia, the introduction of <strong>sanctions against those responsible<\/strong>, and stronger international pressure on Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution, authored by Ukrainian MP <strong>Yevheniia Kravchuk<\/strong>, was backed by <strong>128 delegates<\/strong> during a plenary session in Strasbourg (with one abstention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The document records <strong>over 800 crimes against the media<\/strong>, including <strong>108 deaths of Ukrainian journalists<\/strong> since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the Russian regime\u2019s disregard for international law, the only available tool to secure the release of unlawfully detained journalists is political, economic, and diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation,\u201d the resolution states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It urges Russia to <strong>stop torture, killings, and persecution of journalists<\/strong>, to provide information on the whereabouts and health conditions of detainees, and to grant the <strong>International Committee of the Red Cross<\/strong> access to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution includes a <strong>list of 26 Ukrainian journalists<\/strong> still held captive, with details of their arrest. 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