Journalists assaulted & threatened - Ukraine 2012 press freedom violations (sitios de interés)

On Oct. 17, journalists Odessa region stated that they fear for their lives after they began to investigate cases of illegal allocation of land on the Black Sea coast of the region. At a press conference the chief editor of the online publication "Bessarabia - INFORM" Irina Zolotarev said here and journalist Vitaly Rajnov of Akkermanskyh West "were beaten, intimidated, and our cars were burned. I do not know whether we will remain alive after this press conference," said Zolotarev.

According to Zolotarev, threats started coming when she wrote an article on the allocation of Council Bay Resort Village (Odesa region), part of the Black Sea coast cooperative "Riviera".