Heads of the Ukrainian television channels are concerned about numerous cases of threats and use of physical violence towards journalists, who work in some cities it east of Ukraine, and the situation concerning interruption of retransmission and partial stoppage of TV broadcast of the Ukrainian channels in these regions.

TV channels demands to stop persecution of journalists and adjust broadcast in east

Heads of the television channels address acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov with a demand to fulfill the law of Ukraine “On journalist activity”, in particular, ensuring the security of work of journalists in some cities in east of the country by forces of employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, and ensuring of uninterrupted broadcast in the eastern regions of the country.