Архив новостей по теме "преследования журналистов"

On December 25, journalist of the Kyiv publication “Strana” Yulia Korzun was recognized as a victim (Article 55 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine) after yesterday’s threats against her at the trial of the murder of Pavel Sheremet, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is reported by the Strana publication itself, which published the relevant documents. “I was recognized as a victim for obstructing a journalist’s activities, as well as threats against me. At Kucher (journalist...

One of the identified thugs who were spotted during regular attacks by the ultra-right on journalists in Kyiv is a member of the council of volunteers at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was reported by the Klymenko Time publication based on the results of its own investigation. We are talking about Mikhail Makaruk, who calls himself “the speaker of the international intelligence community InformNapalm” and directly states on social networks that he is involved in...

People's Deputy from the “Servant of the People” from Ternopil Evgenia Kravchuk, who is responsible in the faction of this party for internal communication between intra-factional groups, reacted on social networks to today’s attacks on journalists Anatoly Shariy and other media outlets by far-right thugs from a support group for those accused of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet. Kravchuk, as if justifying her “speaking” surname, “walked between the droplets,” scolding...

A video blogger with 2,5 million subscribers and the leader of a political party of his own name, Anatoly Shariy, reacted in extremely harsh terms to the passivity of the authorities and security forces regarding the facts of the attack and beating of his journalists by the far right from support groups for those accused of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Shariy wrote about this on his social network page, addressing his outrage personally...

Lawyer Andrei Domansky, representing the interests of the head of the RIA Novosti Ukraine portal Kirill Vyshinsky, who was arrested on political charges, reported on his Facebook page that he managed to collect the necessary amount through social networks to post bail for his client, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Dear colleagues, friends and just people who helped! Thanks a lot, everyone! The bail amount has been collected!” -...

In Dnepropetrovsk, the car of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zorya” Vladimir Pesotsky was set on fire, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the chairman of the board of the Dnepropetrovsk regional organization of the NSJU, Alexey Kovalchuk. “Today, April 27, a new outrageous incident against journalists occurred in Dnepr - unknown persons burned the car of the editor-in-chief of the Zorya newspaper, Vladimir Pesotsky. The car was completely burned out. This brazen and daring crime is not...

The court has appointed free defense to the Ukrainian political prisoner, former editor of the Novaya Volna newspaper Vasily Muravitsky, accused of treason and is going to put the journalist in a pre-trial detention center, ignoring the lawyer’s request to postpone the hearing. Journalist Pavel Volkov, who had previously been arrested for his political position, reported this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Muravitsky right now without...

On March 11, 2019, Kiev journalist Vladimir Skachko, accused of separatism, disappeared from the hospital where he was staying after a multi-hour search of his apartment by SBU officers. The next day, the journalist did not appear at the Kherson SBU department for questioning, but disappeared in an unknown direction, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. About where he is now and...

People's Deputy from the Popular Front and head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy Victoria Syumar received representations from the Security Service of Ukraine that some journalists accredited in the Verkhovna Rada allegedly collaborate with Russian intelligence services, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Victoria Syumar reported this in an interview with Ukrinform. “I have some ideas from...

The head of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, accused by the special services of the Kyiv regime of high treason, emphasized that the issue of his exchange to the Russian side does not interest him, but “is interested in justice,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I am interested in justice, not exchange... the issue of exchange does not interest me personally at all,” he told reporters during a break in today’s session of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Court of Cassation. Vyshinsky...

The Kherson City Court extended the period of detention of a prisoner of the Poroshenko regime, the head of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky until January 27, 2018, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by his lawyer Andrei Domansky. “The court partially granted the prosecutor’s request. Extended the period of detention (for Vyshinsky - ed.) by 30 days - until January 27,” the lawyer said.…

Prisoner of conscience Vasily Muravitsky was denied a change in the preventive measure from round-the-clock to night house arrest. Journalist Irina Lyutikova wrote about this on her Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. She said that the prosecutor began today’s meeting with a desire to punish one of Muravitsky’s lawyers, Andrei Gozhego. “The lawyer was absent from two meetings, which is confirmed by the documents he...

Chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Sergei Tomilenko said that since the beginning of 2017, there have been 143 attacks on journalists, and only 14 of them have been brought to court. He said this during public hearings on the physical safety of journalists and the state of freedom of speech, the organization’s website reports. According to him, the situation with the safety of journalists is...

The Kherson Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the previous instance court, which extended the detention period for the head of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, until November 4, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by his lawyer Andrei Domansky. “The appeals were left unsatisfied. Kirill remains in custody until November 4. We are waiting for further actions by the prosecution,” the lawyer said.…