Evgeny Lebedev gives a platform to journalists facing danger

Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Independent titles, has launched a campaign aimed at providing a platform for journalists who are facing harassment and intimidation in their own countries

In an article in today's Independent, he says a new section of the paper's website, called "Voices in Danger", will feature case studies and interviews (where it is safe to do so). It will also reproduce some of their work.

Lebedev explains that it was the murder of Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 that "brought home to me the importance of journalistic freedom." She was working for his family's Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, when she was killed.