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Freedom of Speech Barometer

Figures since beginning of 2024 the year

Data for the period:

01.04.2023

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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31.03.2024

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Beating (4)

Censorship (2)

Interference (26)

Murder (0)

Threats (14)

Beating (4)

Censorship (2)

Interference (26)

Murder (0)

Threats (14)

90

freedom of speech violations recorded during the specified period

Geography of violations for selected period

TOP-5 REGIONS

places where violations were the most frequent

Kyiv region – 24
Poltava region – 9
Khmelnytstky region – 8
Rivne region – 7
Mykolaiv region – 7

0

1

4

4

0

0

1

1

0

24

4

0

0

7

4

9

7

2

3

1

3

8

5

1

1

Freedom of speech dynamics, by years

Hennadiy Osmak. Photo by "Novyi Vizyt"

07.03.2024, 16:13

Russians report detaining Henichesk journalist Hennadiy Osmak

Photo: polskieradio.pl

07.03.2024, 15:08

Most anti-Ukraine narratives on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels aim to destabilise the situation in Ukraine, IMI study shows

07.03.2024, 11:49

Tkach detained in Poland: Yurchyshyn writes to Sejm and Polish Senate commissions

Olha Loyek. Screenshot by Radio Liberty

06.03.2024, 17:56

AI-generated clone of a Ukrainian blogger advertises Russian goods in China

06.03.2024, 13:31

Yurchyshyn: Committee on Foreign Policy supports the resolution on journalists taken prisoner by Russia

Rustem Osmanov. Photo: hromadske.crimea.ua

06.03.2024, 12:09

Russian court in Crimea arrests citizen journalist Rustem Osmanov

Photo: Savelife.in.ua

06.03.2024, 11:48

IMI calls on the UAF to allow accredited journalists free movement through cities during curfew

SAR journalists visit the IMI's Mediabaza to report on Russia's war on Ukraine. Photo by the IMI

05.03.2024, 15:59

SAR journalists visit the IMI's Mediabaza to report on Russia's war on Ukraine

Darya Hordiyko. Photo by Darya Hordiyko on Facebook

05.03.2024, 10:40

Former chief editor of Medvedchuk's ZIK says she is leaving the Public Health Center

Photo by Yelyzaveta Servatynska / Suspilne

04.03.2024, 14:51

IMI lawyer: Medvedev saying "Ukraine is Russia" has a genocidal motive

Occupiers' elections invites. Photo by the Yellow Ribbon

04.03.2024, 12:14

Yellow Ribbon Movement: Occupiers' elections ads burned in Simferopol

Volodymyr Petrenko. Photo by Volodymyr Petrenko on Facebook

01.03.2024, 16:47

Soldier, journalist Volodymyr Petrenko killed in action

Photo by Radio Liberty

01.03.2024, 13:07

Kherson journalist who reported from Russian occupation for three months now serves in the UAF

01.03.2024, 12:12

Kharkiv journalists raise UAH 1 million for the army on their 10th anniversary

Photo by Arno Strumilos

29.02.2024, 16:13

Lithuania issues suspicion notices to 3 "DPR" militants for the murder of Mantas Kvedaravičius

Oleksandr Makhov and Anastasia Blyshchyk. Photo by Anastasia Blyshchyk on Facebook.

29.02.2024, 16:00

Soldier Anastasia Blyshchyk to make a film about KIA journalist Oleksandr Makhov

Anton Yakovenko. Photo by Serhiy Yakovenko on Facebook

29.02.2024, 15:30

Soldier, XSPORT video editor Anton Yakovenko killed in action

Photo by BBC

29.02.2024, 13:37

"I went on air without hiding my face:" Angela Slobodyan on working under occupation

29.02.2024, 12:52

"20 Khvylyn" journalists report surveillance

Mykhailo Tkach. Photo by Ukrainian Pravda

29.02.2024, 11:05

Tkach detained in Poland: UP team begins working with a Polish lawyer

IMI calls on the UAF to allow accredited journalists free movement through cities during curfew

SAR journalists visit the IMI's Mediabaza to report on Russia's war on Ukraine

IMI lawyer: Medvedev saying "Ukraine is Russia" has a genocidal motive

Research and insights

28.02.2024, 16:30

IMI turns 28. Who we are and what we do

Edit by the IMI

24.02.2024, 09:00

Two years since the start of the invasion: Russia commits 567 crimes against journalists and the media in Ukraine

Freedom of Speech Barometer. Edit by the IMI

07.02.2024, 10:30

Freedom of Speech Barometer for January 2024

Photo from Getty Images Signature

24.01.2024, 10:00

558 crimes against the media and journalists committed by Russia in the year and 11 months of the big war

Edit by the IMI. The image is an illustration

18.01.2024, 12:33

Russian troops target venues where journalists gather

Illustration by the IMI

12.01.2024, 10:00

IMI records 150 freedom of speech violations in Ukraine in 2023; nearly half committed by Russia

Edit by the IMI

09.01.2024, 15:40

A warm bath of defeatism for Ukraine: a monitoring of Russian propaganda narratives

Photo by 3864675 from pixabay

02.01.2024, 13:02

Freedom of Speech Barometer for December 2023

Photo by Vadreams

24.12.2023, 10:00

548 crimes against the media and journalists committed by Russia in the year and ten months of the big war

Photo credits by Olemedia from Getty Images Signature

01.12.2023, 10:00

Freedom of Speech Barometer for November 2023

Photo: laddlajutt1722 from pixabay

24.11.2023, 10:00

543 crimes against the media and journalists in Ukraine committed by Russia in the year and 9 months of the big war

Illustration by kentoh from Getty Images

08.11.2023, 11:44

Freedom of Speech Barometer for October 2023

Photos: Yuriy Butusov, Mykola Strizhyk on Facebook

24.10.2023, 10:00

540 crimes against journalists and media committed by by Russia in the year and 8 months of the big war

Edit by IMI

13.10.2023, 12:28

Freedom of Speech Barometer for September 2023 (amended)

Edit by IMI

24.09.2023, 09:00

536 crimes against journalists and media committed by Russia in Ukraine in the year and seven months of the big war

Photo: Yanina Sokolova, Maryana Metelska on Facebook. Edit by IMI

06.09.2023, 10:00

Freedom of Speech Barometer for August 2023

Media lifehacks

Save time and keep calm. Recommendations for passing checkpoints

Unsplash

Recommendations for journalists and activists who find themselves in temporary occupation or mousetrap

Advices to journalists who plan to work in the combat zone in Ukraine

01.09.2022, 13:52

Collaborators' meaning juggling: how the minds of Ukrainians in the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia oblast are being poisoned

31.08.2022, 15:40

"With Russia forever:" how "L/DPR" groups are preparing the region for "joining" RF

30.08.2022, 12:45

"I want this film to be presented at international trials:" the story of Lithuanian filmmaker's documentary, told by a Mariupol journalist

29.08.2022, 14:56

Western experts in the russian fog

19.08.2022, 17:38

Dance macabre in the wake of the Vinnytsia tragedy. russian propaganda and guided comments

18.08.2022, 11:10

How Cherkasy online media cover the war

12.08.2022, 12:47

Region "surrendered" to Hungary, Hungary paying extra to soldiers – russian propaganda fakes recorded in Zakarpattia

Pro-Russian and Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories of Information War

100 days since the large-scale Russian invasion: ASSISTANCE TO MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS

Mariupol. Credits: Evgeniy Maloletka

How to cover Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A YEAR OF THE BIG WAR: 497 CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA COMMITTED BY RUSSIA IN UKRAINE

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