MOSCOW, April 08, /ITAR-TASS/. The suspension of the broadacting of Russia’s RTR-Planeta television channel in Lithuania is another action of political censorship, Konstantin Dolgov, the Russia’s foreign ministry’s envoy for human rights, democracy and the supremacy of law, said on Tuesday.
“The Lithuanian authorities have suspended from April 8 broadcasting of the Russian television channel RTR-Planeta for alleged ‘instigation of interethnic hatred,’” Dolgov wrote in his Twitter blog. “We consider this as another action of political censorship in Lithuania.”
“It is a consequence of the lack of an appropriate reaction from the international community, for instance, from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),” he noted.
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MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian border guards blocked RIA Novosti correspondent Andrei Malyshkin from entering the country on Tuesday, the journalist reported.
Malyshkin was heading to Lugansk, an eastern Ukrainian city rocked by large-scale protests over the weekend in support of greater regional autonomy.
The journalist was denied entry after border guards discovered his press card and other documents while inspecting his luggage.
An official document issued by law enforcement, states that the correspondent was denied entry because he was “unable to substantiate the purpose of his visit to Ukraine.”
Earlier in the day, RIA Novosti correspondents were prevented from joining other media representatives on a press tour of the premises of the Kharkiv city administration, which had earlier been seized by protesters.
The guard who let journalists through police cordons explained the denial was due to the fact the journalists worked for a Russian media outlet.
In late January, RIA Novosti correspondents were prevented from attending a news conference by Europe’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton in Kiev. David Stulik, press and information officer of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, said the briefing was by invitation only.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has repeatedly criticized Ukraine’s refusal to allow Russian journalists onto its territory and other widespread infringements on press freedom by the country’s new authorities.
The organization said such incidents run counter to obligations that Ukraine had undertook as a member of the organization, including under the Helsinki Final Act.
Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s point man for human rights, said last week that refusal to allow Russian journalists into Ukraine is a sign of Kiev being afraid its brainwashing campaign will come to an end.
Malyshkin was heading to Lugansk, an eastern Ukrainian city rocked by large-scale protests over the weekend in support of greater regional autonomy.
The journalist was denied entry after border guards discovered his press card and other documents while inspecting his luggage.
An official document issued by law enforcement, states that the correspondent was denied entry because he was “unable to substantiate the purpose of his visit to Ukraine.”
Earlier in the day, RIA Novosti correspondents were prevented from joining other media representatives on a press tour of the premises of the Kharkiv city administration, which had earlier been seized by protesters.
The guard who let journalists through police cordons explained the denial was due to the fact the journalists worked for a Russian media outlet.
In late January, RIA Novosti correspondents were prevented from attending a news conference by Europe’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton in Kiev. David Stulik, press and information officer of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, said the briefing was by invitation only.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has repeatedly criticized Ukraine’s refusal to allow Russian journalists onto its territory and other widespread infringements on press freedom by the country’s new authorities.
The organization said such incidents run counter to obligations that Ukraine had undertook as a member of the organization, including under the Helsinki Final Act.
Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s point man for human rights, said last week that refusal to allow Russian journalists into Ukraine is a sign of Kiev being afraid its brainwashing campaign will come to an end.
MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) – An official for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed concerns Tuesday about reported violence against journalists in eastern Ukraine.
“Once again journalists have become one of the primary targets of violence in Ukraine,” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic said in a statement.
“I call on the authorities to take determined and vigorous steps to stop threats to the media community,” she added.
The statement, circulated in OSCE headquarters, cited an incident in which a group of masked men stormed the office of the pro-Russian ATN channel in the eastern city of Kharkiv, seizing broadcasting equipment and attacking journalists.
Similar reports about violence directed at journalists poured in from Ukraine’s many Russian-dominated regions in the east and southeast.
Unidentified assailants attempted to break into the building of a state-run TV channel in Donetsk, laid siege to the regional broadcasting center in Kharkiv and tried to storm the office of the IRTA media company in Luhansk, the media freedom defender said in her statement.
“Attempts to silence members of the media cannot be tolerated, there must be no impunity for the perpetrators,” Mijatovic stressed. “Law-enforcement agencies should do their utmost to ensure the safe working conditions for journalists and prevent acts of violence toward editorial offices.”
Police are reportedly probing the recent attacks on journalists in order to establish the identity of those responsible for these heinous crimes against the freedom of the press. If caught, the perpetrators may face up to seven years behind bars.
The eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv have been fighting off waves of attacks by the regime in Kiev, as it tries to gain a foothold in the pro-Russian heartland of Ukraine. On Monday, activists in Donetsk seized the regional administration building and announced a plan to hold an independence referendum by mid-May.
“Once again journalists have become one of the primary targets of violence in Ukraine,” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic said in a statement.
“I call on the authorities to take determined and vigorous steps to stop threats to the media community,” she added.
The statement, circulated in OSCE headquarters, cited an incident in which a group of masked men stormed the office of the pro-Russian ATN channel in the eastern city of Kharkiv, seizing broadcasting equipment and attacking journalists.
Similar reports about violence directed at journalists poured in from Ukraine’s many Russian-dominated regions in the east and southeast.
Unidentified assailants attempted to break into the building of a state-run TV channel in Donetsk, laid siege to the regional broadcasting center in Kharkiv and tried to storm the office of the IRTA media company in Luhansk, the media freedom defender said in her statement.
“Attempts to silence members of the media cannot be tolerated, there must be no impunity for the perpetrators,” Mijatovic stressed. “Law-enforcement agencies should do their utmost to ensure the safe working conditions for journalists and prevent acts of violence toward editorial offices.”
Police are reportedly probing the recent attacks on journalists in order to establish the identity of those responsible for these heinous crimes against the freedom of the press. If caught, the perpetrators may face up to seven years behind bars.
The eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv have been fighting off waves of attacks by the regime in Kiev, as it tries to gain a foothold in the pro-Russian heartland of Ukraine. On Monday, activists in Donetsk seized the regional administration building and announced a plan to hold an independence referendum by mid-May.
Free Russian Media strike back. Damn Latvia won't allow independent Russian journalist, who can work without risk on health and life, protected by state, to show the truth !!
Who cares if they ban or not? Latvia is a dying nation whose population has been reduced by 25% in the last 2 decades. Soon they will be extinct as a separate country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQX1lm5h-ro
Latvia & Litva ban Russian TV on cable networks for 3 Months.
Latvia & Litva ban Russian TV on cable networks for 3 Months.
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