A reporter for the French channel BFM was killed in Ukraine on Monday, where Reporters Without Borders reported that attacks by alleged Russian forces on press freedom were escalating into all sorts of “real war on information.” RSF).
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According to his employer, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff “pursued a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle”, subject to heavy Russian bombing in the town of Donbass.
The window was pierced and a piece fell on the neck of a 32-year-old man. Another journalist who came with him, Maxime Brandstaetter, was slightly injured.
“I would like to reiterate France’s unconditional support for those who work hard to inform the operation theaters,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a solidarity message on his Twitter account.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Cologne has demanded that a “full investigation” be launched “as soon as possible to shed full light on the circumstances of the tragedy.” He directly blamed the Russian military, which is currently on the offensive in Donbass, for “crime.”
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French Foreign Minister Catherine Cologne arrived in Kiev on Monday
The RSF, which has been closely monitoring the situation, announced on February 24 that BFM journalist was the eighth news worker to die after the invasion launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Complain to the ICC
When the Press Freedom Organization announced that it would file a new complaint against Russia to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Mr. Leklerk-Imhoff died.
Christoph Deloire, secretary general of the RSF, underscored the process, saying “the country is committed to restricting and silencing those who have different rhetoric from the official campaign by engaging in the characteristic violence of war crimes.” .
He is particularly alarmed by the fact that at least twenty journalists working in Ukraine have been “deliberately” targeted by gunfire or artillery fire in recent months.
The intensity of fighting in the Donbass area has had the effect of reducing the number of such incidents, but did not prevent kidnappings, kidnappings and threats against journalists from “continuing at the same rate”.
These facts always pursue the same goal: to persuade the journalist or the media to stop its activities or to involve itself in the service of the Russian propaganda.
Boundless reporters
Fifty journalists from a media outlet in Berdyansk were attacked by Russian forces and detained for several hours to force them to cooperate.
Many of the abductions ended tragically, according to the organization particularly reminiscent of the case of Ukrainian journalist Max Levine. Three weeks after his disappearance, his lifeless body was found in the Kiev region, with two bullets to the head, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The RSF also wants the ICC to investigate Russian efforts to target telecommunications infrastructure. The first complaint, filed in March, stated that broadcasting towers in half a dozen cities had been bombed and that the operation of several media outlets had been temporarily compromised.
The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Iran, that it monitor Iran’s compliance with “the steps required by the IAEA Board”.
“His death is another example of the cold impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine on civilians.
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- Number of attacks on journalists recorded since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, which can be termed “war crimes”
Source: Boundless Reporters
