media
Unknown masked men beat up Hromadske TV journalist in Zaporizhzhia
The journalist links attack with his professional activity
Key witness in Karpyuk, Klykh case could not fight in Chechnya as he was in prison then – lawyers
A key witness for the prosecution in the case of Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, Oleksandr Malofeyev, could not fight in Chechnya in 2000 as he was serving sentence in a prison then
Database of owners of cars with Ukrainian number plates created in Crimea
The traffic police in Russian-occupied Crimea caution owners of cars with Ukrainian number plates
Council of Europe declares ‘alert level of threat’ to journalists in occupied Crimea
“The alert level of threat” was declared because of harassment of freelance journalist Nikolai Semena
Russia launches system of automatic control over media
The Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications will launch the system of automatic control over media throughout the entire territory of Russia by the end of the year
Amnesty International urges to secure Ukrainian lawyers
The Ukrainian authorities must secure lawyers of Russian servicemen
Ukrainian news websites blocked in ‘LPR’
113 Ukrainian informational websites have been blocked by illegal formations
More than 100 journalists killed this year – Reporters Without Borders
France was included in the list of the countries dangerous for the journalists for the first time
Parliament passes law on denationalization of media as amended by Poroshenko
The Parliament voted the bill down three times, but the lawmakers finally gave the required number of votes.
EU extends sanctions against Russia
The decision enters into force upon its publication
Judgments and protocols in cases against Maidan activists are carbon copied
The judges and law enforcement officers committed a series of violations of the law while considering the cases against Maidan activists, including the Automaidan participants.
Russian lawmakers allow Russia not to enforce European Court’s judgments
436 MPs voted for the document.
Ukraine’s TV journalists not allowed leaving Russia for over eight hours
The journalists were that the officers in Domodedovo airport could register their entry incorrectly
Сrimes against journalists mostly punished with fines – activists
Four criminal cases were submitted to the court during November 2015
Ukrainians, Russians, Chechens most often insulted by media in 2014 – research
The journalists often quote the xenophobes rather than express such their opinions
Parliament bans state from founding printed media outlets
It stipulates that only the media outlets, which are willing to be reformed, will be reformed within the first stage in a pilot format. The rest outlets will be reformed in a year.
Journalists, ordinary citizens allowed taking photos of police officers
The new law allows taking photos and videos of the police officers, as well as identifying them by the numbers on uniform and helmets.
UN calls on Russia to investigate murders of Crimean Tatars
The UN member states called on the occupation authorities to stop violating human rights on the peninsula.
Columns
“I hear your anger, your dreams, and your hope”: a letter to a peer under occupation from a 10th grader from the Kherson region
No one should ever be allowed to violate the rights of Indigenous peoples
What does just peace mean for Ukraine and why does Crimea remain a fundamental issue?
“The number is not answering, but I can hear you”: A letter to a peer in occupation from a 10th grade student
