Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

Oleksiy Grytsenko, the activist whom journalist Tetiana Chornovol called on the night she was beaten, informed Hromadske TV that on December 24 Tetiana went to take photos of the mansions of the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General.

IFEX members are calling on the president of Romania to veto proposed changes to the penal code passed by Parliament that would recriminalise insult and libel.

IFEX members strongly condemn recent attacks on journalists during public demonstrations in Kyiv and call for those responsible to be held accountable.

Media workers in Ukraine have been injured by rocks, flash grenades and gas pellets in their attempt to cover mass demonstrations against the reversal of President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to sign trade agreements with the EU.

Over the last month, at least five reporters in Ukraine have been attacked in apparent connection to their work, while scores of activists have been detained.

Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.

IFEX members called on Philippines authorities to reprimand a local police chief who arrested a radio broadcaster without a warrant after he talked about police incompetence on the air.

According to Valentyna Vasylchenko, an unknown woman wounded her right leg with a knife. This is the second violent attack the editor has endured since 2000.