All posts tagged Ukraine
Vitaly Portnikov at Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event in Moscow voices support for fired journalists
The 60th anniversary event was organized in Moscow on March 1 by Radio Liberty in Exile, a group of fired Radio Liberty journalists and their supporters. Vitali Portnikov is one of Ukraine’s most famous independent journalists. Vitaly Portnikov, is the …
One of Ukraine’s most famous journalists welcomes resignation of RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary One of Ukraine's most famous independent journalists Vitali Portnikov welcomed the resignation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
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
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, August 16, 2011--The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv must open to the public the ongoing trial against Aleksei Pukach, a
Attacks on the Press 2010: Ukraine
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
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






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