Articles by Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
Journalist receives death threats
(IMI/IFEX) – The following is a statement from IMI, an interim member of IFEX: Businessman threatens journalist with a gun to the neck Vlad Issaev, a journalist with the newspaper “Rivne Vetchirne”, has received death threats as a result of an investigative report that he is conducting. For several years, Issaev has been investigating the […]
Television editor assaulted, warned against covering labour dispute at another station
(IMI/IFEX) – The following is a statement from IMI, an interim member of IFEX: On 18 February 2007, Andriy Shynkarenko, head of the news desk on the television station 9th Channel, was violently beaten while out in the street, reports the news agency UNIAN. Shynkarenko’s assailants told him that 9th Channel had to stop covering […]
Post office stops distributing newspaper, newsstands stop selling it, following article on criminal case against mayor
(IMI/IFEX) – The following is a 22 January 2007 statement from IMI, an interim member of IFEX: UkrPoshta Post Office broke contract on distribution of Litsa Newspaper In mid-January 2007, the UkrPoshta post office broke its contract without explanation by refusing to distribute the newspaper “Litsa Dniepropetrovsk”, according to the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Olyona Harahuts. This […]
Minister of transportation sues periodical for libel over article on his business interests
(IMI/IFEX) – The following is a 22 January 2007 statement from IMI, an interim member of IFEX: Mykola Rudkovskiy, the minister of transportation, is suing the weekly “Dzerkalo Tygdnya” (“Mirror of the Week”) for libel. The minister is also appealing to the commission on journalistic ethics, asking that it investigate the journalist responsible for the […]