The Ministry of Information Policy will initiate compulsory insurance for journalists
Minister of Information Policy Yurii Stets will initiate compulsory insurance for journalists.
As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Information Policy on the World Press Freedom Day.
“MIP will soon initiate changes to the insurance legislation, taking into account the flagrant cases of impunity in the modern world and worrying about the security of journalists”, – said the Minister.
“We will raise that topic along with the Council of Europe and NUJU, media representatives and insurers”, – he added.
In such way, the Ministry intends to provide additional guarantees for professional activity through the legislative regulation of compulsory insurance.
As announced by Yurii Stets in his statement, the other side of freedom is responsibility. He asked journalists to be aware of the responsibility to society, to observe the standards of journalism and the impartiality of statements, feeling the freedom and the support of the state.
In addition, he emphasized that the cases of Mykola Semena and Roman Sushchenko are the examples of violations of journalists’ rights in profession and freedom of speech on the part of the Russian Federation.
“On this day, I call on the world community to pay attention to our political prisoners-journalists. Without the support of international organizations and views of the European States leaders a quick liberation of prisoners will not be achieved”, – said Stets.
