{"id":20983,"date":"2020-08-27T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=20983"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:15:38","slug":"the-barents-observer-is-ready-to-take-russian-media-regulator-roskomnadzor-to-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/media-about-us\/the-barents-observer-is-ready-to-take-russian-media-regulator-roskomnadzor-to-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barents Observer is ready to take Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor to Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Barents Observer:<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A court in Moscow on the 19th August turned down the Barents Observer\u2019s appeal case<\/a> against the Russian state media regulator.<\/p>\n

Present in the Moscow courtroom of the Second Cassation Court were representatives of Roskomnadzor, as well as state consumer control authority Rospotrebnadzor.<\/p>\n

The appeal will now be addressed to the Russian Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have this case heard in the highest court in Russia,\u201d\u00a0says Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen. \u201cWe haven\u2019t published anything wrong. Blocking the Barents Observer for our Russian readers is\u00a0the only wrongdoing\u00a0in this case,\u201d he underlines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cSuicide propaganda\u201d<\/h3>\n

The Barents Observer took Roskomnadzor to court after it in February 2019 blocked the newspaper<\/a> in Russia. The media regulators argue that an article<\/a> about Dan Eriksson is \u201cpropagating suicide\u201d.<\/p>\n

The court case is supported by ADC Memorial<\/a>. It was filed in July 2019. After a loss, an appeal case was filed and subsequently rejected by the Moscow City Court in January 2020.<\/p>\n

Story about survival<\/h3>\n

In the disputed\u00a0interview<\/a> with Dan Eriksson, the homosexual S\u00e1mi man from northern Sweden tells about how he struggled with prejudices and stigma and twice tried to take his own life.<\/p>\n

Eriksson lived through years of mental distress before he came to terms with his sexuality. He is today a happy man who works with mental health among young gay men.<\/p>\n

The Barents Observer argues that the story about Dan Eriksson in no\u00a0way propagates suicide. On the contrary, it is a story that can help others overcome similar crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider the decision of the Second\u00a0Court of Cassation to be erroneous. The story of how a person survived suicide attempts cannot be propaganda. And we plan to file a complaint with the Supreme Court of Russia – the last court in this case in Russia,\u201d says Publisher Atle Staalesen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ADC Memorial\u00a0confirms that it will support the Barents Observer bring\u00a0the case to the Russian Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Cross-border journalism<\/h3>\n

The online newspaper based in Kirkenes, Norway, has delivered daily news in both English and Russian since 2003. Thousands of stories about regional developments in the North have been made available to readers on both the Nordic and Russian sides of the border, as well as to broad international audiences.<\/p>\n

Since, February 2019, people in Russia can not read the Barents Observer unless they use VPN.<\/p>\n

The newspaper is\u00a0available in the country through alternative domain barentsobserver.co<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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