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Russia labels six other Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty journalists as “Foreign agents”

Radio Free Europe (RFE) reports that six more of its journalists have been labeled “foreign agents” by the Russian Federation, launching 2022 with a total of 18 Russian journalists from the RFE / RL service labeled “foreign agents”. They face estimated fines of more than $ 13 million under Russian law on the issue. RFE / RL say it is...

Global Voices: Russia blocks access to Tor browser website

Russian authorities blocked access to the Tor browser website, torproject.org, on Wednesday, 8 December, according to reports from Tor developers and users. The official block follows earlier reports of Russian internet service providers blocking access to the service, with some Russian users unable to access the Tor Project website since 1 December, writes "Global Voices". Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the...

British Ambassador Galloway condemns the hate speech and false accusations against Meta Agency’s journalists

The Ambassador of Great Britain, Rachel Galloway on her Twitter account condemned the hate speech and the false accusations on social networks and certain news sites towards Meta.mk's staff, who together with their colleagues from Metamorphosis  have found themselves targets of malice since Lider news site published an article with inflammatory speech. Galloway requested that all relevant institutions take...

EU Ambassador David Geer: The threats against Metamorphosis foundation’s staff should be promptly investigated

The EU Ambassador in North Macedonia, David Geer, on his Twitter profile requested that the hate speech and the smear campaign against the Metamorphosis Foundation's staff be promptly investigated and expressed his support to the staff. https://twitter.com/AmbassadorEU/status/1328348269483872257 Four days ago, during the night when most of the citizens in Macedonia were celebrating the victory of Macedonian's national football team and its...

SSNM and ZNM condemn the threats towards Geroski and demand institutions react

The Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (In Macedonian: Samostoen sindikat na novinarite i mediumskite rabotnici "SSNM"): and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (In Macedonian: Zdruzenie na novinarite na Makedonija "ZNM") condemned yesterday's threats to the editor-in-chief of "Plus Info" - Branko Geroski. “SSNM and ZNM believe that these threats represent a direct attack on the freedom...