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    <title>Ukraine - IFEX</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:25 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Opposition television station suspended in Ukraine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/04/29/broadcast_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the sudden change of management at opposition station TVi, and is disturbed to learn that ensuing internal disputes have resulted in broadcasting being suspended. Last year, TVi was the subject of a tax audit and many cable TV operators were forced to drop its signal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/04/29/broadcast_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Ukrainian editor stabbed in leg]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/03/26/stab_leg/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Valentyna Vasylchenko, an unknown woman wounded her right leg with a knife. This is the second violent attack the editor has endured since 2000. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/03/26/stab_leg/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Editor of critical website brutally assaulted in Ukraine

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/03/08/assault_editor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 5 March, three unidentified men attacked Taras Chornoivan, chief editor of <em>Tarasova Pravda</em>. Chornoivan told reporters that he believed the attack had been prompted by a series of articles accusing a former governor of vote rigging.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/03/08/assault_editor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - EU should urge Ukraine to end homophobic violence, NGOs say
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/02/21/ukraine_eu_should_raise/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Union should urge the Ukrainian government at the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit to end abuses against LGBT people in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch and 23 other groups said today in a letter to EU officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/02/21/ukraine_eu_should_raise/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Twelve years later, murderer of Ukrainian journalist convicted
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/01/31/conviction_police/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Aleksei Pukach has been convicted of strangling and beheading journalist Georgy Gongadze in September 2000, and sentenced to life in prison. Gongadze, founder of the critical news website <em>Ukrainska Pravda</em>, was the first online journalist worldwide to be murdered for his work, according to CPJ research. 
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/01/31/conviction_police/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Party members attack LGBT rights protestors in Ukraine

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/12/18/ukraine_investigate_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[LGBT rights groups were attacked while protesting against a homophobic bill under consideration in the Ukrainian parliament. Members of the Svoboda party claimed responsibility for ripping the demonstrators' posters, referring to the event as "a Sabbath of 50 perverts." ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/12/18/ukraine_investigate_attacks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Election results prompt Ukrainian journalist's hunger strike]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/11/28/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Victor Orel went on a five-day hunger strike to protest the falsification of parliamentary election results in Ukraine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/11/28/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Ukrainian news agency fines editors for article on president

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/11/12/europe_list_ifj_and_efj/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a statement by six Ukraine National News Agency website editors issued last week, UNIAN management has given instructions that forbid the publishing of President Yanukovych's name in any negative context.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:37:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/11/12/europe_list_ifj_and_efj/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Freedom of information concerns on eve of Ukrainian elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/26/ukraine_moment_of_truth/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The UN Human Rights Council examined the situation in Ukraine as part of a procedure known as the Universal Periodic Review. Reporters Without Borders submitted a report for this review in April. With the upcoming parliamentary elections, the organization would like to sound the alarm about freedom of information in Ukraine.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/26/ukraine_moment_of_truth/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Journalist in Ukraine reports threats against his family]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/22/journalist_family_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian journalist Alexander Lutsenko says threats have been issued against his family because of his journalistic activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/22/journalist_family_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Culture of corruption permeates newsrooms in Ukraine
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/19/newsroom_corruption/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the Institute of Mass Information (IMI), backroom deals colloquially known in Ukraine as “jeansa”, account for about half the budget of most local media outlets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/10/19/newsroom_corruption/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Bill to recriminalise defamation withdrawn from consideration in Ukraine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/27/criminal_defamation_bill_withdrawn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The sponsor of a bill that would recriminalise defamation in Ukraine has decided to withdraw it from consideration, at least until after parliamentary elections in October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/27/criminal_defamation_bill_withdrawn/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Plan to recriminalise defamation threatens freedom of information in Ukraine
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/19/recriminalise_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the Ukrainian parliament's approval on first reading of a bill that would recriminalise defamation, urging lawmakers to reject the bill on second reading.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/19/recriminalise_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Twelve years on, no justice for Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/17/ukraine_no_justice_for/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the twelfth anniversary of the death of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze passes, the masterminds behind his killing have still not been brought to justice. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/17/ukraine_no_justice_for/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Demonstrators protest moves to silence independent media in Ukraine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/11/move_to_silence_independent_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Kiev to protest against moves to silence independent Ukrainian broadcaster TVi ahead of parliamentary elections in October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/09/11/move_to_silence_independent_media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Environmental activist killed in Ukraine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/08/14/environmental_activist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Volodymyr Honcharenko's colleagues and family are convinced there is a relationship between the brutal attack that led to his death and his environmental activism in Ukraine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/08/14/environmental_activist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - ARTICLE 19 analyses Data Protection Act and related legislation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/27/data_protection_act/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The organisation found the legislation to be lacking significant provisions that would ensure that the rights to privacy and freedom of expression and information are appropriately balanced.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/27/data_protection_act/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - End harassment of TVi, say rights groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/20/tvi_harassment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 12 July raid of opposition broadcaster TVi's offices and the interruption of its programming is yet another violation of the station's freedom of expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/20/tvi_harassment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Democratic decline continues, says new Freedom House report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/09/country_snapshot/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report repeats key concerns about the country's democratic processes and raises concerns about the selective prosecution of opposition figures and the erosion of basic freedoms of assembly and speech. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/09/country_snapshot/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - International delegation releases joint report on press freedom situation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/02/mission_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report outlines the findings of a research mission conducted at the beginning of April that found serious corruption issues and other problems and recommends steps to improve freedom of expression in the country. 
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/02/mission_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - MPs should reject bills that ban homosexual 'propaganda']]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/02/ukraine_mps_should_reject/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill 8711 and Bill 10290 harshly discriminate against members of the LGBT community by criminalising so-called homosexual ‘propaganda’, with the threat of up to five years imprisonment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/07/02/ukraine_mps_should_reject/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - IFEX members shine light on dirty rights record of Euro 2012 hosts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/06/13/euro_2012_human_rights/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European arm are asking journalists at the Euro 2012 football tournament to look beyond the glitzy new stadiums in the host country Ukraine and see how their colleagues have been the victims of threats, attacks and censorship.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/06/13/euro_2012_human_rights/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Covering the UEFA football championships?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/06/05/uefa_championships_2012/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Before you go, there are a few things the IFJ wants you to know about Ukraine's approach to media freedoms. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/06/05/uefa_championships_2012/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - International delegation expresses concern about press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/04/03/international_delegation_ukraine/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Representatives from several rights organisations welcomed a law guaranteeing access to information and the establishment of a presidential interagency working group on media freedom, but expressed concerns about impunity, lack of media independence and an environment of corruption and lack of transparency in general.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/04/03/international_delegation_ukraine/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Editor reported missing in Lvov region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/03/29/editor_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vitaly Pavlishin was last seen leaving the offices of Chervonograd-based newspaper Novosti Pribuzhya on 21 March and has not been heard from since.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/03/29/editor_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Court decision threatens future of country's largest newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/02/10/express_newspaper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the court issued a ruling invalidating "Express" newspaper's statutory documents, a government representative allegedly contacted the newspaper and offered to overturn the verdict if "Express" softened its criticism of the government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2012/02/10/express_newspaper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Former president must be prosecuted in Gongadze murder, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/12/15/prosecute_kuchma/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court ruling to scrap the case after former president Leonid Kuchma for allegedly ordering journalist Georgy Gongadze's murder is a blow to press freedom, said the organisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/12/15/prosecute_kuchma/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Newspaper photographer murdered in Kiev 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/12/01/rozwadowskiy_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although a criminal investigation into the case has been opened, a spokesperson for Vitaly Rozwadowskiy's newspaper, "2000", says the paper does connect Rozwadowskiy's murder to his work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/12/01/rozwadowskiy_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Opposition TV channel disappears from the airwaves]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/26/krug_tv/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Employees of Krug, the only opposition channel in Odessa, suspect that municipal authorities are using technical issues an an excuse to prevent them from broadcasting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/26/krug_tv/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Unidentified assailant shoots journalist in Mykolayiv ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/20/vlashenko_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The editor -in-chief of the newspaper where Oleksandr Vlashenko works said the attack may be linked to the journalist's reporting on corruption involving local authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/20/vlashenko_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Draft law proposes closure of media outlets for broadcast of violent images]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/20/public_morality_amendments/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IMI is concerned that the vagueness of the bill's wording could result in increased pressure on the independent media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/20/public_morality_amendments/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Parliament urged to reject bill that would censor information about homosexuality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/17/private_members_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The bill is incompatible with Ukraine's international obligations and could deny people information they need for their health and safety, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/17/private_members_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - TVi channel receives official warning, could lose licence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/07/tvi_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IMI noted that TVi's suspension would have a serious impact on pluralism in TV broadcasting in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/07/tvi_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - IPI urges authorities to allow ATN TV to transmit again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/04/atn_off_air/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Political pressure and administrative decisions in Kharkov region have resulted in the independent channel going off the air.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/10/04/atn_off_air/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - ARTICLE 19 policy paper on transparency of media ownership by off-shore companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/09/13/media_ownership_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[States have an obligation to set out a legal regime for transparency of media ownership by off-shore companies in order to avoid media concentration, says ARTICLE 19.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/09/13/media_ownership_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Gongadze murder suspect admits to killing, names former president Kuchma as conspirator]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/09/01/kuchma_implicated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The authorities must follow up on the accused's testimony and find and prosecute all those, no matter how powerful and well-connected they are, who plotted the murder of Georgy Gongadze," said CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/09/01/kuchma_implicated/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Trial of Gongadze murder suspect should be open to public, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/17/gongadze_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to CPJ, "Ukraine must demonstrate that it has turned a new page in its historical development by choosing transparency over secrecy and justice over impunity in this flagship case."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/17/gongadze_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Claims worth millions threaten media, says IMI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/05/court_fee_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The current law on court fees has prevented plaintiffs from bringing unreasonably high claims against media outlets but the new law will eliminate this protection, experts warn.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/05/court_fee_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Journalist's apartment set on fire]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/02/oleksiy_fire/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["I wrote several articles about the lives of authorities, their incomes and sources of financing. And officials may not like this," said journalist Oleksiy Matsuka.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/08/02/oleksiy_fire/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Journalist under police protection after receiving threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/07/22/kutepov_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Kalashnikov cartridge was thrown under the door of journalist Oleksii Kutepov's apartment. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/07/22/kutepov_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Parliament refuses to provide information on MPs' incomes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/29/income_declarations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The "Stop Censorship!" movement objected to the Parliament's refusal to comply with this access to information request.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/29/income_declarations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - State media journalists complain of rise in censorship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/24/drstrc_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The editorial offices of several state-affiliated media outlets have reportedly received directives listing events that should and should not be covered.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/24/drstrc_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - "Stop Censorship" movement prevented from holding rally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/10/rally_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IMI was unconvinced by the court's argument that the anti-censorship rally may have resulted in a public disturbance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/06/10/rally_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Government urged to ensure draft election code protects free expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/05/09/election_code/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The draft Code's most serious weakness is the failure of the authors to recognise that the participation of voters and candidates in election campaigns is an expression of their right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 07:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/05/09/election_code/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Former president indicted in journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/03/25/kuchma_indicted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eleven years after the murder of online journalist Georgy Gongadze, prosecutors indicted former President Leonid Kuchma on abuse-of-office charges in connection with the slaying.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/03/25/kuchma_indicted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - CPJ concerned by irregularities in Gongadze case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/03/02/irregularities_gongadze_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is disturbed by efforts to derail progress in the investigation and peg the ultimate responsibility for journalist Georgy Gongadze's murder on a dead suspect, while other leads in the case languish.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/03/02/irregularities_gongadze_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - IFJ calls for change of investigators in unsolved murder case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/02/23/investigate_klymentyev_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six months after the disappearance of investigative journalist Vasyl Klymentyev no progress has been made in the "premeditated murder" investigation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/02/23/investigate_klymentyev_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Parliament says yes to access to info law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/01/19/foi_law_adopted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ukraine is the latest European country to adopt an access to information law, report the Institute of Mass Information (IMI), ARTICLE 19 and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/01/19/foi_law_adopted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Access to information law adopted
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/01/17/access_to_information_law_passes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The new law contains several progressive provisions supported by ARTICLE 19, including a broad definition of public information," said the organisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2011/01/17/access_to_information_law_passes/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Police unlawfully seize files and equipment from human rights organisation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2010/11/12/groisman_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities should return materials and equipment seized from human rights activist Dmytro Groisman and the organisation he leads, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2010/11/12/groisman_harassed/</guid>
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