Pershyi Nezalezhnyi - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Pershyi Nezalezhnyi, News TV channel

Incident date: December 28, 2021

Attack type:

  • Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Official Internet representation of the President of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has introduced the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions against two TV channels – UkrLive and Pershyi Nezalezhnyi. The sanctions involve blocking assets, restricting trade operations, banning the use of the radio frequency resource of Ukraine, as well as limiting or terminating the provision of telecommunications services and the use of public telecommunications networks for 5 years.

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