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Ukraine remains among countries with free Internet
04.10.2013
In the latest Freedom House report Freedom on the Net 2013, is given a Free rating for Internet freedom, but only Partly Free for press freedom (as per a different report)
New Line: UNIAN Brussels correspondent sacked for absence from Kyiv office
24.09.2013
The Independent Media Union considers the treatment of Voropaev to be continuing the regrettable measures aimed against journalists who are not afraid to stand up for their right to act in accordance with their profession and journalist standards.
Kharkiv Eparchy bans «Art of Tolerance” concert
20.09.2013
The musicians taking part in the concert have already played in a synagogue, a Catholic cathedral, a Dominican cathedral without any problems arising. Yet the Orthodox Church doesn’t want to hear of a jazz concert
Myroslava Gongadze: The Day that changed Ukraine
17.09.2013
Those endeavouring to be bearers of truth, to uphold the honour of their profession and counter lawlessness must unite. Only by defending, supporting and inspiring one another can we force those in power to respect us
Impunity Kills: 13 years since Gongadze’s murder
17.09.2013
On 16 September 2013, the 13th anniversary of the disappearance – and killing – of journalist Georgy Gongadze, journalist NGOs reported a considerable increase in attacks on journalists and ongoing impunity both for those who ordered Gongadze’s killing, and those who assault and obstruct journalists
Donetsk journalist Alexei Matsuka reports being followed
17.09.2013
The Chief Editor of the Internet site Novosti Donbassa, Alexei Matsuka reports that he and another journalist, Vitaly Sizov, are being followed and suspect that some kind of provocation is being planned
Kyiv schools ordered to snoop on journalists’ children
16.09.2013
Officials from the Kyiv Department of Education have verbally approached school heads with “a request” to pass on information about children whose parents are working in the media
Cases of censorship and obstruction triple
09.09.2013
Media experts believe that the increase in the number of attacks and assaults on journalists is linked with the Presidential elections at the beginning of 2015
Kerch journalists call for solidarity in the face of concentrated measures against them
05.09.2013
The television and radio company Breeze and website Kerch FM are calling for support in what they believe is pressure against them for defending people’s rights and fighting corruption
Ukraine only ahead of Belarus and Azerbaijan in freedom of speech rating
04.09.2013
According to freedom of speech monitoring carried out by Internews Ukraine, of the six countries of the Eastern Partnership from March to June 2013, Ukraine was in fourth place
Titushko and fellow assailants receive suspended sentences
02.09.2013
Three young men charged with assaulting Channel 5 journalist Olha Snitsarchuk and her photographer husband on 18 May this year have received suspended sentences as part of an agreement in which all three admitted guilt and apologized
TVi journalist allegedly beaten and robbed by traffic police
02.09.2013
Viktor Minyailo was carrying 2 thousand UAH to collect his dog and pay for an expensive operation when stopped by two officers from the Cobra special unit of the traffic police who allegedly assaulted him and stole the money
UNIAN: Alleged moves to punish and muffle outspoken editors
29.08.2013
Four site editors who previously made public allegations of censorship by UNIAN management are being moved to a new department of the UNIAN information agency. The editors consider this to be revenge for their earlier stand and an attempt to prevent them having impact on the site’s content
Prominent civic activists jailed for five days
17.08.2013
Prominent journalists and civic activists Ihor Lutsenko and Yehor Sobolev have been jailed for 5 days over a peaceful, f unconventional, attempt to draw attention to the refusal to call new elections for Kyiv Mayor and City Council
Unexpected increase in covert political advertising this year
16.08.2013
The worst offenders for advertising themselves through commissioned and unmarked material were the Communist Party; the Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Oleksandr Popov and the Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov.
Beleaguered TVA journalists demand removal of Regional Governor
15.08.2013
The news has just been reported that on 14 August TVA was finally able to restart broadcasting. The TVA journalists’ appeal to the President Yanukovych is still worth reading and requires response since the attempts over recent weeks to slander, discredit and destroy the channel have been quite overt.
Express Newspaper accuses tax authorities of pressure
15.08.2013
The largest Ukrainian-language newspaper in Ukraine (according to its own website), Express, alleges that the tax authorities have been blocking its work since Tuesday afternoon, and that the work of six enterprises involved in publication are paralyzed
Anti-corruption journalist seeking interview with Kerch mayor detained
14.08.2013
Mykola Ivashchenko, journalist from the website No to Corruption has formally lodged a complaint with the police following the events on Monday when a police officer detained him
Kerch authorities accused of pressure on local media
12.08.2013
Kerch FM asserts that the Kerch authorities are putting pressure on the media and disrupting the work of the television and radio company Breeze. This, it says, will lead to 10 FM radio stations in the city stopping broadcasting.
Yet another TV channel under siege
07.08.2013
The civic movement Stop Censorship considers the events in Chernivtsi around TV Channel TVA to be censorship and pressure by the local authorities on an alternative source of information
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