In recent years, many cases of pressure, persecution, and attacks on human rights defenders and civil society activists have been recorded in Ukraine. Most of the high-profile cases are kept in sight solely due to […]
10.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU needs to make its sanctions mechanism much more effective to help defend human rights and democracy in Belarus and Russia or other countries where people are fighting with very brutal authoritarian regimes, said […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian special services plan to initiate the imposition of individual sanctions against some members of parliament in the near future. Some MPs involved in supplying weapons to terrorists will be prosecuted, Secretary of the National […]
06.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Tuesday, 2 February, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree enacting a decision of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) on the application of sanctions against MP Taras Kozak and TV channels of […]
04.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A record number of more than 5,000 people, including more than 80 journalists, were detained during rallies in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia on Sunday. The police used force against the protesters, […]
01.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump's stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process, […]
12.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
These are the annual results of the monitoring conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) entitled "Freedom of Speech Barometer." Experts report on 171 cases of physical aggression against journalists. For comparison: a total of […]
08.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
By order of Alexander Lukashenka, the Belarusian special services discussed the possibility of killing political rivals, including a car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUobserver reported following an investigation […]
04.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past year and a half, the number of articles about Ukraine in Crimean media outlets has decreased threefold, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI). The study focused […]
21.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The draft law "On Media" (№2693d), which restricts freedom of speech in the country, should be withdrawn from the consideration by the Parliament of Ukraine. This is stated in the appeal from journalists, media and […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Twenty-five physical aggression incidents against Ukrainian journalists occurred during autumn 2020. That is the largest number of violations of freedom of speech recorded in the fall for the last four years. Journalists were attacked least […]
09.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have completed a pre-trial investigation into the paymaster and keeper of the fire setting to Radio Svoboda journalist Halyna Tereshchuk's car in Lviv. The case materials were […]
07.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
More than 60 NGOs and media, including EUobserver, have signed a call for an EU-wide law to stop the rich and powerful from silencing critics with malicious litigation. The practice, known as strategic lawsuits against […]
02.12.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Russian political opposition must be able to actually participate in the upcoming legislative elections and not just keep an eye on the result of the election, which is already expected to be fraudulent, said members […]
28.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Parliament is deeply concerned about the state of media freedom within the EU and condemns the pressure and violence against journalists. In a resolution upheld by 553 votes in favour, parliament condemns attempts […]
27.11.2020 • Natalia Tolub
On November 13, 2020, VoxUkraine, jointly with Promote Ukraine (Brussels), held an open discussion on patterns discerned during the Ukrainian local elections that were held under the new rules. On 25 October, Ukraine went through the […]
27.11.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Ukraine was ranked 92nd in the world welfare ranking compiled by the international analytical organisation Legatum Institute. That is the worst level among all the Eastern European countries. Ukraine's position is significantly affected by the […]
17.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 24 journalists were detained during the coverage of recent protests by Belarusians (some of whom remain in prison). In total, more than 500 repressions against journalists have been […]
17.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Coalition of Public Organisations, which includes the Commission on Journalistic Ethics, the Human Rights Platform, the Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication, StopFake, and the Women in Media Association, conducted systematic monitoring of online […]
16.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Federation of Journalists and Reporters "Without Borders" reports an increase in physical danger to journalists and the deterioration of media freedom under the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At least seven journalists […]
13.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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