1. Journalists must stand up for their colleagues. Because of the number of journalists being killed, many of them have become too scared to do anything to help their friends and their profession. The general feeling among the journalists is that they must be careful about what they print because anything sensitive could provoke violent action. As long as they are walking on eggshells while writing their stories, they will not be able to publicly stand up for their fellow journalists. If they unite in solidarity then they will have strength in numbers and then the actions of the government can begin to change.
source: http://www.article19.org/data/files/pdfs/reports/no-justice-for-journalists-in-ukraine-belarus-and-russia.pdf
2. Human right activists and the Russian population must stand up for the journalists in the country and against the injustice that is taking place against them. In 2006, the murder of Anna Politkovskaya sparked an international outrage. People all over Europe made it known that unjust killings such as these were not going to be tolerated. This kind of action needs to take place after every outrageous murder of brave journalists. If the people do this then it will put pressure on the Russian government and make it harder for them to get away with these crimes.
source: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19735
3. Legislation must eventually be passed to protect journalists' rights. Possibly one of the most effective ways of protecting journalists is passing a law that will allow journalists to publish whatever the want and promising them protection from any ensuing violent action. The knowledge that they can write whatever they want and not having to worry about awful consequences would help their medium flourish. Although Russia may not be ready for such legislation now it must be a goal of the people and the government to set up law protecting their journalists.
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/russianow/opinion/8188872/Why-are-Russian-journalists-being-killed.html
Again, how can we energize the people so that they will pressure the government to act.
ReplyDeleteThere have been some recent protests in Russia regarding the return of Putin as president.
This is an interesting topic. Solution number two, being the best, how exaclty is this going to work? This problem seems to be bullying happening in schools on a much greater level. This solution would require others to stand up for the injustice, which cannot always be relied upon. There should be a better solution for this problem.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was very well done. Solution two seems as if it would be the best solution.Solution two is essentially a call to arms to prevent other reporters being kidnapped and killed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the entire world need s to be better educated on this topic, and ultimately a combination of all solutions would keep coral reefs safest and in tern keeping the ocean's entire ecosystem in check.
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