Kyiv Post - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Kyiv Post, English-language newspaper

Incident date: November 8, 2021

Attack type:

  • Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The entire creative team of the all-Ukrainian English-language newspaper Kyiv Post announced that all employees had been dismissed from their jobs. This decision was taken by the owner of the newspaper. The journalists said that the reason for this decision was the owner's unwillingness to be involved in anti-corruption and critical investigations about representatives of the authorities, which were carried out and published by the newspaper's journalists.

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