13.11.12 | IFJ and EFJ Condemn Censorship in UNIAN News Agency
In an extraordinary act of mismanagement and abuse of power two journalists were fined 200 hryvanas each for posting an article entitled ‘Bankova Picket: Yanukovich was given a shoe with a Christmas tree'.
08.11.12 | Police refuse to initiate criminal case over incident at World Newspaper Congress
The police claim they have been unable to identify the security guard clearly identified on video footage who used force to remove placards during an entirely peaceful protest against censorship by journalists during Yanukovych's address
07.11.12 | UHHRU Statement regarding Censorship at UNIAN
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union is concerned over the encroachment on freedom of speech at the website of the UNIAN information agency
07.11.12 | Journalists express support for beleaguered UNIAN colleagues
Journalist and media organizations have agreed to support the editors of the UNIAN information agency who have spoken out against censorship by management and call on Ukrainian and international NGOs to give attention to the situation
05.11.12 | Journalist Union warns of likely new attempt to criminalize libel
Oleh Nalyvaiko, Head of Ukraine's National Union of Journalists says that they have received information that after the elections the old makeup of the Verkhovna Rada will make a second attempt to vote through amendments to the Criminal Code criminalizing libel.
04.11.12 | TVi film crew beaten off by police at election commission
Mykola Knyazhytsky says that at the moment nobody is being admitted to the room where the district election commission [DEC] is meeting - neither journalists nor candidates. In contrast, the police are in the premises all the time and are present during the commission meetings.
02.11.12 | Frank Smyth / Finding common cause from first online journalist murder
The first murder of an online journalist 12 years ago should alarm all reporters everywhere. And the threat of retaliation for critical work, the possibility of violence, and the likelihood of impunity should bring journalists of all kinds together, whether or not they work online
01.11.12 | UNIAN editors give examples of censorship, taboo subjects and more
Six editors from the UNIAN website have addressed an open letter to the UNIAN General Director in which they give examples of censorship, taboo subjects and also concealed advertising on behalf of the leader of the Communist Party and one other parliamentary candidate.
29.10.12 | UNIAN editors accuse General Director of censorship
Five editors of the UNIAN website have accused General Director Vadim Osadchy of censorship after an article about a picket outside the President's Administration was removed, and two editors fined
26.10.12 | Moment of truth for freedom of information, concern on eve of elections
Reporters without Borders has urged the UN Human Rights Council to remind Ukraine to respect its international obligations and says that respect for freedom of information has worsened to such as degree that the country is now at a turning point.

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