media
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.
Searches in editorial offices, apartments of ATR chiefs conducted in Crimea
This is linked with the criminal case against ATR owner and one of the initiators of the Crimea blockade campaign Lenur Islyamov
Most Luhansk IDPs not receive any assistance from the state
The law on ensuring the rights and freedoms of the IDPs was adopted by the Parliament a year ago, but the problems have not been solved yet.
Most independent journalists leave Donetsk – human rights activists
The reporters experience threats and violence on part of separatists as well as representatives of the Ukrainian volunteer battalions in some cases.
Bundestag MPs dissatisfied with reforms in Ukraine
The German MPs are dissatisified with reforms in Ukraine and believe that financial assistance should be provided not in advance, but in portions
Women with disabilities not provided with access to gynecologist – study
74% of women with musculoskeletal disorders visit a doctor only as the need arises.
Roma radio will soon be launched in Ukraine
The new radio project aims to overcome the negative stereotypes, discrimination and segregation.
Ukrainians urged to complain about judges
Absence of complaints, filed to the High Qualification Commission, makes it impossible to evaluate the work of judges in Ukraine
Austrian treatment of refugees ‘scandalous:’ Amnesty
Children who had fled alone from countries like Afghanistan and Syria have been offered no psychological care, women have had to use mixed showers, and a baby with a concussion was left next to a bus on a parking lot
Infamous head of court asks witness in criminal case to change opinion
The Head of the Court of Appeal of Cherkasy region asked the aide to the "inconvenient" judge to say that the court’s leadership had not affected her dismissal
ATR Television Channel to be Reopened as Internet Media
They will work out of Simferopol
Crimea Labeled as Worst of the Worst on Freedom of Speech
In the Freedom House report “Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline,” Crimea received 94 points out of a possible 100 (with 100 being the worst)
UNICEF To Teach Children in Eastern Ukraine How to Identify Landmines
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, begins an education campaign that will provide life-saving information on the risk of mines to 500,000 children in eastern Ukraine
Crimean Tatar TV Channel Goes Off Air
On March 31st, the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR ceased broadcasting because it could not register as media under Russian law
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