The UN criticized the restrictions against RT and Sputnik
Dec 22, 2017 23:00:52 GMT
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The UN criticized the restrictions against RT and Sputnik!
The use of the law on foreign agents in the US against RT and Sputnik undermines the credibility of the foreign press, the UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kay said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, the idea of the law is to make the work of foreign agents more transparent. Kay noted that many governments require this.
"In principle, there is nothing wrong with this, but when this is used against journalists, there is a related effect, which can undermine the work not only of RT or Sputnik, which was initially aimed at, but also undermine the credibility of foreign journalists in general," - he said.
Arms race :
As the special rapporteur stressed, Washington's actions have led to the fact that American media working abroad can now have problems.
"It is very difficult to limit the use of such a law so that it is not later used against your journalists in other countries, and this is exactly what we are seeing now." Everything began to resemble diplomacy, when one country declares someone persona non grata ".
The interlocutor of the agency added that even if the US has grounds for including RT and Sputnik in the list of foreign agents, it is not necessary to do this because of the consequences.
Kei also called "counterproductive" the deprivation of RT accreditation in Congress. "I think that we should have a higher level of tolerance in relation to the media, with which we disagree, and even with regard to the media, which we think serve as a cover for state disinformation," he said.
The Special Rapporteur drew attention to the fact that Russia can take similar measures.
"It's like an arms race." This harms, and even more than the damage originally caused, "Kay believes.
He urged Russia and the US "to be very cautious, to move away from imposing punishments, and to think about how to find other ways to solve" the problems.
US actions against Russian media:
In the US, RT America and the partner company Sputnik - Reston Translator - were listed as foreign agents.
The warning about the possibility of registration as an ino agent was also received by the American company Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, which broadcasts Sputnik radio programs on AM frequencies.
In Russia, in response to Washington's actions, the law on media-inoagents was adopted, including nine American media in the register.
ria.ru/mediawars/20171222/1511484466.html
The use of the law on foreign agents in the US against RT and Sputnik undermines the credibility of the foreign press, the UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kay said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, the idea of the law is to make the work of foreign agents more transparent. Kay noted that many governments require this.
"In principle, there is nothing wrong with this, but when this is used against journalists, there is a related effect, which can undermine the work not only of RT or Sputnik, which was initially aimed at, but also undermine the credibility of foreign journalists in general," - he said.
Arms race :
As the special rapporteur stressed, Washington's actions have led to the fact that American media working abroad can now have problems.
"It is very difficult to limit the use of such a law so that it is not later used against your journalists in other countries, and this is exactly what we are seeing now." Everything began to resemble diplomacy, when one country declares someone persona non grata ".
The interlocutor of the agency added that even if the US has grounds for including RT and Sputnik in the list of foreign agents, it is not necessary to do this because of the consequences.
Kei also called "counterproductive" the deprivation of RT accreditation in Congress. "I think that we should have a higher level of tolerance in relation to the media, with which we disagree, and even with regard to the media, which we think serve as a cover for state disinformation," he said.
The Special Rapporteur drew attention to the fact that Russia can take similar measures.
"It's like an arms race." This harms, and even more than the damage originally caused, "Kay believes.
He urged Russia and the US "to be very cautious, to move away from imposing punishments, and to think about how to find other ways to solve" the problems.
US actions against Russian media:
In the US, RT America and the partner company Sputnik - Reston Translator - were listed as foreign agents.
The warning about the possibility of registration as an ino agent was also received by the American company Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, which broadcasts Sputnik radio programs on AM frequencies.
In Russia, in response to Washington's actions, the law on media-inoagents was adopted, including nine American media in the register.
ria.ru/mediawars/20171222/1511484466.html
