Articles by Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
Mayor bans newspaper’s reporters from municipal council meetings
The weekly’s recent coverage of the mayor’s activities had angered him.
IFJ, IMI renew call for action in investigation into Gongadze murder
On the ninth anniversary of editor Gyorgy Gongadze’s death, IFJ and IMI call for those who ordered the killing to be brought to justice.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Museveni to lift the ban on the four radio stations and address the state of free expression
Condemning the shut-down of four radio stations and a violent crackdown on members of the press during a period recent social unrest, 31 IFEX members call on President Museveni to guard free expression rights.
ICTV journalist threatened by police
ICTV television station journalist Tetyana Kruhova has been repeatedly harassed and threatened by police officers.
Journalist harassed by police officer and court security guard
Court officials have responded to a complaint by a freelance journalist and lawyer regarding an incident in which she was harassed by a police and a court security guard for taking a picture of a sign posted on a courtroom door.
Online news site threatened with defamation suit for not revealing sources
A lawyer from a private energy provider is demanding that online news site Vysokiy Val disclose its source of information which allegedly defamed him.
News agency website targeted by hacker attacks
The Malakava news agency website has systematically been the target of hackers, who “edit” texts or “break” their website.
TV crew harassed while reporting on drowning
Employees of a Kyiv river-boat company damaged an STB TV crew’s camera while they were reporting on a story of a person who had fallen overboard and drowned.