Articles by Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
TVi urges president to address pressures exerted on channel
In an open letter to President Victor Yanukovich, TVi journalists expressed concern that the Security Service of Ukraine is backing the personal and business interests of its director.
More than 3,500 petition government to release journalists, writers
Petitioners’ names were collected through the “Our Society Will Be a Free Society” campaign, a coalition project dedicated to winning the freedom of all journalists jailed in Iran.
Newspaper editor brutally assaulted
Vasyl Demyaniv suffered a head injury and underwent surgery as a result of the beating.
UN Human Rights Council: 40 IFEX members reject “defamation of religions” resolutions
In a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council, 40 IFEX members protest resolutions on defamation of religion and the proposed elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 22 other organisations call on UN High Commissioner to support human rights activists, journalists and bloggers
Rights groups appeal to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take up cases of free expression violations targetting Bahraini journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders in an upcoming visit to the country.
Journalists denied access to press conference
Journalists from various media organisations were banned from the press conference of the singer who will represent Ukraine at the 2010 Eurovision song contest.
Weekly’s journalists resign in protest over editorial interference
Staff of the weekly “Ostriv Svobody” resigned after a new publisher attempted to dictate the paper’s editorial stance.
Georgian journalist barred from entering Ukraine
Reporter Zurab Khvistani was in Ukraine to cover the second round of presidential elections.