Journalists harassed and threatened - Ukraine 2012 press freedom violations (sitios de interés)
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February, 8, 2012 Journalist of Gazeta.ua from Lviv and Rivne were interrogated in the process of investigation of two criminal cases concerning damage of big boards with the picture of Victor Yanukovych, the President of Ukraine.
Editors of Gazeta.ua stresses out that the journalists did their duty when wrote about the incident of damaging boards in Lviv and Kostopil (Rivne region).
Eugene Borisov, a freelance reporter from Lviv, who sent the article to Gazeta.ua, was already interrogated on January, 20, 2012. He said that it took four hours. The first thing asked was if he knew how police tortures people. After that the investigator described that process in details. He also advised the journalist to admit the fact that it was he, who damaged the board and in such a way he could become famous and policemen would close the case ASAP.
Mr Borisov mentioned that policemen took away his cell phone explaining that it was done to check if it wasn’t stolen. “They returned it to me in 30 min, but copied my numbers database. Borisov’s friends receive calls from police and they are also called to be interrogated’ – informed the journalist.
The second case investigates the same incident in Rivne region. February, 6, 2012 Victor Homol, the other reporter, was called to police.
Editors of Gazeta.ua stresses out that the journalists did their duty when wrote about the incident of damaging boards in Lviv and Kostopil (Rivne region).
Eugene Borisov, a freelance reporter from Lviv, who sent the article to Gazeta.ua, was already interrogated on January, 20, 2012. He said that it took four hours. The first thing asked was if he knew how police tortures people. After that the investigator described that process in details. He also advised the journalist to admit the fact that it was he, who damaged the board and in such a way he could become famous and policemen would close the case ASAP.
Mr Borisov mentioned that policemen took away his cell phone explaining that it was done to check if it wasn’t stolen. “They returned it to me in 30 min, but copied my numbers database. Borisov’s friends receive calls from police and they are also called to be interrogated’ – informed the journalist.
The second case investigates the same incident in Rivne region. February, 6, 2012 Victor Homol, the other reporter, was called to police.