Archive of news on the topic "attacks on journalists"

Video blogger and leader of a political party of his own name, Anatoly Sharimy, demanded from President Vladimir Zelensky and the security forces controlled by him an immediate and tough reaction against the far-right thugs from the support group for those accused of murdering journalist Pavel Sheremet, who attacked workers of several media outlets in Kyiv today near the appeal court and right in the hall court hearings, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. About…

One of the ultra-right thugs who attacked journalists Anatoly Shariy in Kyiv today has been identified. He turned out to be a well-known member of the OUN group, Vitaly Regor, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Political scientist and blogger Vladimir Kornilov reported this on social networks. Kornilov also published a photo of Regor, which has been known to readers and viewers of Ukrainian media for at least several years. It turned out that…

The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) stated that since the beginning of the year, 64 cases of use of force against media workers have been recorded in the country, seven of them in September, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The head of the NSJU, Sergei Tomilenko, wrote about this on his Facebook page. “Seven incidents with the use of force against journalists were recorded in September, and it was women who were attacked.…

Ukrainian nationalists attacked a journalist from the NewsOne TV channel during a live broadcast from under the walls of the Prosecutor General's Office, where at that time right-wing radicals were attacking the building of the Prosecutor General's Office. So, while the journalist was trying to talk about what was happening, chicken eggs flew at her, and the commander of the “St. Mary” company, Alexey Seredyuk, burst into the frame and began shouting threats at her. Later,…

In Ukraine, eight cases of physical aggression against journalists were recorded in July, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. “The attacks took place in Kyiv and the region, in Dnepropetrovsk, Chernigov, and in the resorts of Odessa and Kherson. The wife of Turkish journalist Yusuf Inan, who was forcibly deported from Nikolaev to...

Ukrainian law enforcement officers do nothing against members of nationalist groups engaged in hooliganism, because all of them have police IDs and served in the National Guard. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Journalist Ruslan Kotsaba, who has repeatedly become a victim of attacks by radicals, announced this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "After all these...

Ukrainian authorities must ensure the safety of journalists by preventing attacks against them. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This is stated in a statement by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Press Harlem Desir, published on the organization’s website. “Sheremet’s death reminds us that the safety of journalists must be a priority in Ukraine and elsewhere,” Désir said. “I call on the authorities to defend freedom...

The court that freed right-wing radicals suspected of murdering Kyiv publicist Oles Buzina did not question the evidence collected, head of the National Police of Ukraine Sergei Knyazev said in an interview with Deutsche Welle. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte First, the conversation touched on the topic of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, and the head of the National Police, as PolitNavigator reported, admitted that the regiment’s militants...

Odessa, February 19 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – In Odessa, representatives of various public organizations held a rally near the regional police department. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The protesters called on law enforcement officers to pay attention to the “legal lawlessness” of the Right Sector, Self-Defense, Automaidan and other patriotic organizations, writes the Dumskaya publication. According to the deputy of the Odessa City Council Vasily...