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Militia demands to refute the information published by the head of a Lugansk NGO
15.12.2003
On 6 August 2003 the preliminary court talk took place in the connection with the claim handed by the special department of the oblast militia directorate against K. Reutskiy and the weekly "Vecherniy Lugansk", where the article by Reutskiy was published. Reutskiy described the problematic situation, which existed between him and the special militia department. The militia demands the refutation and apologies.
Property of a TV company was seized
15.12.2003
On 16 July the officers of the court distrained upon the property of "TTV", a private Kirovograd TV company.
Again about V. Krivdas accreditation
15.12.2003
Valentina Krivda, a freelance correspondent of the all-Ukrainian weekly "Shliakh Peremogi", still cannot get the accreditation in the Krivoy Rog town council.
Brovary town court (the Kyiv oblast) partly satisfied the claim of the Brovary town council against the newspaper «Brovarskiy kuryer»
15.12.2003
Okhtyrka town court (the Sumy oblast) decided to satisfy the claim of Mirgorod mayor Oleksandr Pautov against Viktor Kozoriz, the editor of the opposition newspaper «Mirgorodska Pravda»
15.12.2003
The newspaper and the journalist are must pay the compensation and to publish the refutation.
Nikolayev branch of "Privatbank" handed a claim against the newspaper "Ridne Pribuzhzhia"
15.12.2003
The Nikolayev branch of "Privatbank" handed a claim against the newspaper "Ridne Pribuzhzhia" published by the Nikolayev oblast state administration and the Nikolayev oblast council. "Privatbank" demands the compensation for the publication of untrue information disgracing the reputation of the bank.
Journalist of the newspaper «Ekspress» Bogdan Kufrik won the trial against Lviv mayor Lubomir Buniak
15.12.2003
The Appeal court of the Lviv oblast took the decision that the actions of Lviv mayor Lubomir Buniak, who drove local journalist Bogdan Kufrik from mayors press conference, were illegal
Kharkov militia confiscated from distributors the newspaper "Bez tsenzury".
15.12.2003
The editorial board of the weekly "Bez tsenzury" stated that this was not the first case of persecuting the distributors of the newspaper in the Kharkov oblast.
Will the Poltava company «UTA» return to the TV screens?
15.12.2003
The TV and radio company "UTA" is persecuted by authorities.
Press release instead of the session of the town council!
15.12.2003
A correspondent of the all-Ukrainian weekly "Shliakh Peremogi" was not admitted to the session of the Krivoy Rog town council instead of her numerous appeals to various local power organs. Several official responses to the appeals of the journalist are quoted.
The appeal of the newspaper "Lvivska gazeta".
15.12.2003
The collective of the "Lvivska gazeta" complain against the illegal tax inspection of the newspaper and other pressure exerted upon them.
Lviv mayor had no right to drive a journalist out from the press conference
15.12.2003
The Appeal court of the Lviv oblast partly satisfied the claim of Bogdan Kufrik, a journalist of the Lviv newspaper "Express", against Lviv mayor Lubomir Buniak, who exceeded his authority demanding from the journalist to leave the hall of the Lviv town council, where the press conference of the mayor was hold.
Independent mass media are persecuted in the Lugansk oblast
15.12.2003
This year the Lugansk public committee for human rights protection conducts the investigation of the level of freedom of local newspapers. The results showed almost complete dependence of district newspapers on local power organs.
The Bukovina governor is going to call away the claims against mass media and journalists “for the sake of public order”
15.12.2003
Chenivtsy governor Teofil Bauer declared that would call away the claims against mass media and journalists "for the sake of public order", since these claims can become a destabilizing factor in the process of the development of the regional informational space." He asked all mass media of the region "to leave their ambitions and to begin the constructive dialog".
3000 journalists of the Kyiv oblast supported their Chernivtsy colleagues
15.12.2003
The Kyiv organization of the National union of journalists of Ukraine supported the Chernivtsy journalists community, who demanded "to stop the savage pressure exerted by the insolent authorities on the freedom of speech and democratic principles stipulated by the Constitution". The public resonance and the support on the side of the all-Ukrainian journalist union made the Chernivtsy authorities to retreat.
The criminal case against journalists after "the facts of illegal influence on the President" was closed.
15.12.2003
Mykola Tomenko, the head of the Supreme Rada Committee in charge of the freedom of speech and information, communicates that the "absurd criminal case against journalists after "the facts of illegal influence on the President"" was closed owing to public solidarity.
The open letter to President Kuchma from the all-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Internet community".
15.12.2003
The public organization asks the President to consider the draft of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers "On the re-delegation of the rights to administer the domain .UA" and to protect the rights of Ukrainian Internet-users.
The USS tries to control the Internet.
15.12.2003
The USS developed the draft of the resolution "On the re-delegation of the rights to administer the domain .UA". If this resolution would be adopted, the special services would obtain the control over the domain "UA".
The appeal of representatives of mass media and human rights protecting organizations of the Lugansk oblast.
15.12.2003
The appeal concerns the consideration of the civil case on the claim of a well-known Lugansk businessman and a deputy of the town council against the editorial board of the newspaper "Rakurs-plus" on the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation.
“Freedom House”: the freedom of speech is absent in Ukraine
15.12.2003
The organization "Freedom House" published its report on the freedom of speech in Ukraine. The rating of Ukraine and Venezuela has essentially decreased in comparison with the previous report. She got to the category of "not free" countries, that is the countries, where the freedom of speech is completely absent.
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