Articles by Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
Journalist ordered to compensate member of parliament
Channel 5 journalist Olga Snisarchuk was ordered to pay US$2,500 to a member of parliament after referring to him as a “defector” in a news story.
Twenty-eight IFEX members voice concern about journalists’ safety in the lead up to the elections
With increased reports of killings, beating, assaults and threats to journalists, the space under which media exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms is increasingly being narrowed.
Twenty-four IFEX members express concern about proposed law that threatens media freedom
In an open letter to the president of the legislative assembly, 24 IFEX members express concern over two articles in the proposed Law against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination.
Thirty-three IFEX members condemn excessive prison sentence handed down to blogger Hossein Derakhshan
IFEX members condemned the 19-and-a-half-year prison sentence given to the Canadian-Iranian blogger and called for his immediate release.
Journalist suffers savage beating in Donetsk
Artem Furmanyuk said he does not discount the possibility that the brutal assault was an act of provocation linked to his work.
Joint statement on the 10th anniversary of journalist Gyorgy Gongadze’s death
On this occasion, IMI and IFJ once again called on the Ukrainian authorities to seriously investigate those who ordered the killing.
Journalist beaten after being refused entrance to press conference
After asking the local mayor a question, Dementiy Biliy “was pushed by two big guys” who started beating him.
Newspaper lawyer alleges police planted drugs in his apartment
The police forced their way into lawyer Vyacheslav Ismaylov’s apartment, claiming they were investigating a criminal case.