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UKRAINE: STEPPED-UP PRESSURE ON THE MEDIA IN FEBRUARY.
From:
IPR Strategic Business Information Database
| Date:
March 19, 2002
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The month of February saw an increase in attacks on the media in Ukraine, the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations noted. Five journalists were subjected to job-related attacks and reporters and editors were also targeted for legal and judicial persecution. A broadcasting license was withdrawn from the Studio 1+1 TV and radio company. The Kontinent radio station, which relays BBC and Radio Liberty programs, was subjected t...
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