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• Topics / Freedom of expression
More dangerous to fight or not fight lawlessness?
01.08.2013
If assaulted Road Control journalist Oleh Bogdanov’s wife previously wanted her husband to stop, she now believes there can be no giving in to violent intimidation
Assaulted journalists angered by whitewashing of passive police officers
26.07.2013
The Prosecutor’s Office has terminated the criminal investigation into the behaviour of police officers who stood and simply watched on 18 May when Channel 5 journalist Olha Snitsarchuk and her photographer husband, Vlad Sodel were assaulted
New details emerge over expulsion of Russian photographer
24.07.2013
The investigators are claiming that Yury Barabash was involved in causing damage to a car during the events on 18 May, although photographic evidence shows him clearly only trying to record what was happening
Another Road Control journalist beaten up in Donetsk
22.07.2013
On Sunday evening in front of his wife and children, Oleh Bohdanov, journalist of the civic watchdog which monitors drivers’ rights Dorozhny Kontrol [Road Control] was brutally beaten up by two athletic looking thugs
Outrage and police excuses over Berkut violence against journalist
22.07.2013
There have been protests over the quite disproportionate actions of the Berkut officers against peaceful demonstrators including a Channel 5 film crew protesting against police lawlessness and violence
Ukrainian journalist with refugee status arrested in Holland
18.07.2013
Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy, who was granted political asylum in Lithuania last year, was on Wednesday arrested in Holland.
SBU claims Russian photographer refused entry „in the interests of the state”
18.07.2013
Yury Barabash has been an active critic of the current regime. He has often photographed street protests and was among the people detained during a demonstration on Independence Square to mark the 8th anniversary of the Orange Revolution.
UNIAN and Akhmetov’s “Segodnya” newspaper get lowest standards rating
12.07.2013
There was a small improvement in adherence to journalist standards in June, unfortunately analysts suspect that this may have a lot to do with a banal lack of issues of public importance requiring coverage
First day, first brawl in trial of Vadim Titushko
02.07.2013
The first hearing took place on Monday in the trial of Vadim Titushko, the young man accused of assaulting Olha Snitsarchuk, Channel 5 journalist, during the events in Kyiv on 18 May
Media Stockpiling
25.06.2013
Forget calendars, preparations for the 2015 Presidential elections are already underway. The last few months have seen a large number of media resources being bought by people considered close to President Yanukovych and his sons
Zaporizhya court bans private expression of opinion
21.06.2013
The Zhovtnevy District Court in Zaporizhya has issued a ruling prohibiting a Zaporizhya journalist from even talking about the municipal enterprise Vodokanal in private conversations.
Balance on TVi dips dramatically in May
17.06.2013
Only 20% of the political news on TVi in May was presented from several points of view, as opposed to 44% in April, with an unprecedented reduction in balance on TVi, up till 23 April seen as the most independent TV channel in Ukraine
Journalists announce plans for Public Broadcasting Hromadskie.TV
12.06.2013
On 11 June a team of well-known journalists announced the creation of Hromadskie.TV, a public broadcasting Internet initiative based on the principles of transparency and total independence
Media Union Journalist beaten in Kyiv
12.06.2013
The assailants demanded that Georgy Erman chant some nationalist slogans while they videoed it, and threatened him for having, as they claimed, insulted nationalists in his articles
Why pay demonstrators if you can use administrative resource?
11.06.2013
Students and public sector workers complain that they are being forced to take part in political meetings. This, according to the Committee of Voters of Ukraine [CVU] can only be considered use of administrative resource
Yanukovych and Azarov top the Enemies of the Press list
07.06.2013
On Journalist Day the Institute of Mass Information and Independent Media Trade Union published their list of Press Enemies. With the Prime Minister and President top enemies, the Interior Minister and Prosecutor General were not far behind, as well as Mykola Knyazhytsky for his position recently over the seizure of TVi
NGOs express concern over freedom of speech in Ukraine
06.06.2013
On the eve of Journalist Day, 6 June, human rights organizations have issued a statement expressing concern over the escalating assault on freedom of expression and reduction of other fundamental freedoms in Ukraine.
Journalists blame Yanukovych and media owners for censorship
06.06.2013
The results of surveys carried out by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Razumkov Centre on the eve of Journalist Day make grim reading – both for those in power, and all concerned with freedom of speech in Ukraine
Jail for Anti-Yanukovych banner?
04.06.2013
Four members of the Democratic Alliance party holding a banner reading "Yanukovych get out of Kyiv" were detained on Monday for a peaceful protest on the route taken by President Yanukovych’s cortege.
Police who refused to help journalists under attack get warnings and reprimands
03.06.2013
The Newspaper Kommersant Ukraine reports that the Kyiv Police took very modest disciplinary measures against 15 police officers over inaction on 18 May, including when a woman journalist and photographer were attacked by thugs while the police looked on
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