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Observers wait for the start of ballot counting at a polling station after voting day in Kiev, 25 October 2015, REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Journalists impeded from reporting on local elections in Ukraine

In Vinnytsia, a journalist was kicked out of a polling station and had her camera confiscated. Meanwhile, in Lutsk, observers, candidates, and journalists were not allowed to be present at an evening session of the district election committee.

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Incidents of aggression decreasing, but press freedom climate remains grim

“Regardless of statistical data that indicates certain improvement of the situation with the freedom of press in Ukraine, the status quo still remains alarming,” says the Institute of Mass Information’s executive director, Oksana Romaniuk.

Zulkiflee ‘Zunar’ Anwar Haque

Ahead of cartoonist’s trial, NGOs call on Malaysian government to drop charges

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, members of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability, met in New York in May 2013 to discuss the Post-2015 Development Agenda, REUTERS/Richard Drew/Pool

Lyon Declaration: Global call to include access to information in UN development agenda

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

People take part in a demonstration for LGBT rights in downtown Rome, 11 June 2011, REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

Protecting freedom of expression for LGBT people

Making a statement during International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).

Armed men check journalists' documents around the regional Parliament building in the Crimean city of Simferopol, 1 March 2014., REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Access to information a casualty as Russian troops invade Crimea

Ever since Russian military troops entered the autonomous parliamentary republic of Crimea, local TV channels have been intimidated, camera operators have been beaten and websites have been targeted by DDoS attacks.

Anti-government protesters stand behind burning barricades in Kiev's Independence Square, 19 February 2014., REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

One journalist killed, 27 others injured as Ukrainian protests ignite

Vyacheslav Veremyi’s death is a tragic outcome of the social unrest that has overtaken Ukraine since November 2013, when citizens began demonstrating against President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision not to sign EU trade agreements.

Link to: Infographics document injuries, attacks on journalists in Ukraine

Infographics document injuries, attacks on journalists in Ukraine

Since 21 November – the beginning of mass protests in Ukraine – 136 journalists have been injured according to data collected by the Institute of Mass Information and presented in two infographics.