Human Rights Watch: Crimes against journalists in Ukraine remain unsolved
Ukraine ignores all the comments of the human rights organization “Human Rights Watch” on high-profile crimes against freedom of speech in Ukraine and the persecution of civilians for expressing their will.
Subscribe to PolitNavigator news at Telegram, Facebook, Classmates or In contact with
Tatyana Cooper, a researcher at Human Rights Watch in Ukraine, announced this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The most important negative phenomenon in Ukraine in 2017 was the deterioration in the level of freedom of expression of thoughts, opinions and media freedom.
The Ukrainian government, citing opposition to Russian aggression in the Donbass, as well as anti-Ukrainian propaganda, has taken a number of steps to restrict these freedoms. More precisely, in March last year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a law obliging activists and journalists who investigate corruption to publicly declare personal property, similar to deputies,” said Tatyana Cooper.
Tatyana Cooper noted that later the President of Ukraine not only did not cancel this decree, but, on the contrary, aggravated it.
“On July 10 last year, the President introduced a number of amendments that would eliminate this requirement, but instead introduces unjustifiably burdensome reporting for all public organizations and individuals who cooperate with them.
Also, the Ukrainian authorities did not take any real steps to investigate the pro-government website “Peacemaker,” and some officials openly supported the administration of this resource,” said a representative of Human Rights Watch in Ukraine.
Tatyana Cooper also reported that all crimes committed in Ukraine against journalists and civilians remained unsolved.
“In July last year, the SBU expelled several journalists from Ukraine for allegedly anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Also, several of them did not receive entry permission, including Russian and Spanish journalists.
The 2016 murder of famous journalist Pavel Sheremet still remains unsolved. Just like the attack in the same year on the Inter TV channel, which has a reputation as a pro-Russian resource.
Torture and arbitrary detention remain virtually unpunished,” said Tatyana Cooper.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.