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Ukrainian Court Penalizes News Outlet for Calling Far-Right Group ‘Neo-Nazi’

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Expand Members of the C14 far right group, some of them wearing balaclavas, march toward an Russian orthodox church in Kiev, Ukraine. (File photo, April 20, 2018) © AP Photo/Felipe Dana A court in Kyiv ruled in favor of a Ukrainian far-right nationalist group, C14, in its defamation suit against the Internet TV Station Hromadske.TV after the outlet published a tweet referring to C14 as a “neo-Nazi” group. The judge accepted C14’s claim that the tweet caused reputational damage and ordered Hromadske to retract the statement and pay a fine. The August 6 decision caused outrage among Ukraine’s…

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