Ukraine - Freedom of information in dire state in Crimea

Reporters without borders

Читать по-русски в PDF и ниже / Read in Russian Reporters Without Borders condemns the increasingly oppressive climate of censorship in Crimea, where news media have been closed, media premises are being surrounded and journalists have been harassed and threatened. “The media are being subjected to completely arbitrary actions and decisions,” said Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire. “At a time when the entire world is following events in Crimea, those who control the region have (...)

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