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On 5 July 2021, hundreds of anti-LGBTQI+ protesters attacked more than 50 journalists covering a pride march in Tbilisi. Twenty-five of those attackers were handed prison sentences on 4 April 2022; another was fined.
Three days after invading Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear forces on “special combat readiness.” Western officials took heed, though privately they said they weren’t all that worried. Still, the implicit threat has renewed focus on a nagging question: Would Putin do it?
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood is joined by Crisis Group’s Europe & Central Asia Director Olga Oliker to discuss Russia’s nuclear menacing over Ukraine and whether the war could tip into a nuclear confrontation.
Parties to the war in Ukraine must understand that journalists are civilians and targeting them is a violation of international law, Coordinator of the Europe and Central Asia Program of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Gulnoza Said has said.
Two journalists working for Fox News were killed Monday in Ukraine after their vehicle came under fire outside of Kyiv. A day earlier, U.S. journalist Brent...