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Ukraine tops the list of the most discriminating and intimidating countries in relation to the journalists, according to Ricardo Gutierrez, heading the European Federation of Journalists. He made this statement during his speech at the OSCE conference in Kiev, RIA Novosti informs.
In his words, 14% of violations registered in Europe are committed in Ukraine. At this, their average number is below 4%.
Ukraine has entered the top-ten European countries where journalists still get killed. 23 journalists died at the continent over the last 3 years, 2 of them in Ukraine. The authorities ignored these crimes. There are even no suspects in case of Pavel Sheremet.
Another honorable place belongs to Ukraine in the list of countries where the journalists get arrested. Today, Gutierrez said, it is known of 4 journalists serving the court sentences. Besides, Kirill Vyshinsky is under arrest too.
Kiev’s authorities continue speaking the language of hatred and intimidation with the journalists.
Ricardo Gutierrez reminded the conference participants of a case with Babchenko. He has underlined that the world community did not get any explanations from the Ukrainian authorities so far. The Head of the Federation is sure that staging a murder of the journalist, Kiev disrupted trust to itself. Gutierrez called the incident a manipulation with the public opinion and manifestation of disrespect to the dead journalists.
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