In June 2002, the Moscow Supreme Court upheld his sentence of four years in prison without parole. Most of his legal recourses having now been exhausted, Grigory Pasko is still languishing in prison, in the place of those who are responsible for the criminal pollution that he exposed.
Grigory Pasko is one of the 110 journalists currently in prison around the world just for wanting to do their job. He is supported by several international medias, as part of the journalists sponsorships launched by Reporters Without Borders. These are M6, LCI, Le Nouvel Observateur, France Soir, RFI, Radio Classique, France Culture, Phosphore, Le Télégramme de Brest et de l'Ouest, le Club de la Presse du Limousin, Essex Chronicle, Le Courrier, RTBF - Fréquence Wallonie et la Maison de la Presse de Mons.
Over 500 journalists have been killed over the past decade for trying to keep us informed. In too many countries, a journalist can be killed or spend years in prison for just a word or a photograph.
Imprisoning or killing a journalist gets rid of a vital witness to events and threatens the right of us all to information. So Reporters Without Borders and the Fondation de France, through this prize, reward a journalist who has shown devotion to freedom of information through his or her professional work or principled stand.
Grigory Pasko is one of the 110 journalists currently in prison around the world just for wanting to do their job. He is supported by several international medias, as part of the journalists sponsorships launched by Reporters Without Borders. These are M6, LCI, Le Nouvel Observateur, France Soir, RFI, Radio Classique, France Culture, Phosphore, Le Télégramme de Brest et de l'Ouest, le Club de la Presse du Limousin, Essex Chronicle, Le Courrier, RTBF - Fréquence Wallonie et la Maison de la Presse de Mons.
Over 500 journalists have been killed over the past decade for trying to keep us informed. In too many countries, a journalist can be killed or spend years in prison for just a word or a photograph.
Imprisoning or killing a journalist gets rid of a vital witness to events and threatens the right of us all to information. So Reporters Without Borders and the Fondation de France, through this prize, reward a journalist who has shown devotion to freedom of information through his or her professional work or principled stand.