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Democracy assistance under attack in Ukraine — NED

The European Union will not compromise on issues of democracy in developing closer ties with Ukraine, the EU’s Enlargement Commissioner insists, but the country’s NGOs are concerned about government proposals to ban foreign funding for civil society groups. According to Euractiv: As the European Union prepares to disburse additional grants to Kyiv under its new ‘Endowment for Democracy’ initiative, several key personalities in the ruling Party of the Regions have voiced hostility toward foreign aid, saying it “provokes unrest” and “weakens” the country

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Freedom House Denounces Arrest And Continued Harassment of Yulia Tymoshenko

Freedom House: Freedom House today expresses its outrage at the arrest of former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and calls for her immediate release.

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Count on BBG to cut programs if there will be a crisis

Shortly before which wars/uprisings/major crises did BBG executives proposed or implemented broadcasting cuts to the affected countries. Please vote on USGBroadcasts.com website and check it for answers. The Jasmine

Gongadze murder suspect’s trial should be open to public

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New York, August 16, 2011--The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv must open to the public the ongoing trial against Aleksei Pukach, a

Ukraine – Former president indicted in journalist’s murder

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Eleven years after the murder of online journalist Georgy Gongadze, prosecutors indicted former President Leonid Kuchma on abuse-of-office charges in connection with

Attacks on the Press 2010: Ukraine

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Top Developments
• Provincial reporters targeted in a series of attacks; editor reported missing.
• Television journalists continue to face

Ukraine – Those behind Georgiy Gongadze’s murder still unpunished 10 years later

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is exasperated by the latest decisions in the investigation that is supposed to establish who was behind the

Ukraine – Death threats against website journalist echo Georgiy Gongadze murder

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the scarcely veiled death threats against independent journalist Serhiy Lechenko that were expressed by

Letter to the President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Dear President Yanukovych, We write to express our deep concern regarding ongoing harassment by state prosecutors and law enforcement targeting

Ukraine – Police search young blogger’s home for more than six hours

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns a police raid on the Kiev home of the young journalist and blogger Olena Bilozerska ( http://bilozerska.livejournal.com

Ukraine – Truth blocked again in Gongadze murder investigation

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The Ukrainian attorney-general's office announced yesterday, in a statement issued by its press service, that the investigation into the role that

Ukraine: Stop Harassing Rights Group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - The Ukrainian authorities should immediately return materials and equipment seized from the prominent human rights activist Dmytro Groisman and

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Ukrainian TV station decides to defy court ruling and continues to broadcast | IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Ukraine: TVi's chief executive said the station did not consider a decision to revoke amendments to its licence to be sufficient reason

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Combating Impunity for Those Who Attack and Kill Journalists | ARTICLE 19

24 September 2010 STATEMENT Combating Impunity for Those Who Attack and Kill Journalists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine This Joint Statement is an outcome of the international conference Ten years on

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ARTICLE 19, IMS call on Ukrainian parliament to address media freedom | IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In a joint letter, Ukrainian Parliament is urged to adopt the Law on Access to Public Information, to introduce true public

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