Mustafa Nayem: There is no threat to freedom of speech from the state
Kyiv, February 21 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – One of the initiators of Euromaidan, former journalist Mustafa Nayem, who became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, believes that a year after the coup in Ukraine there is no threat to freedom of speech.
“We now have no threat to freedom of speech from the state. There are some excesses, some attempts, using the threat of war, to somehow infringe on some freedoms, but I think that now both the journalistic environment and civil society are strong enough not to allow this. Therefore, I have no concerns about what is happening with freedom of speech,” Nayem, who represents the Poroshenko Bloc in parliament, said on the Rada TV channel.
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Let us recall that earlier the Ukrainian authorities banned the broadcast of Russian news channels, and the Verkhovna Rada voted to terminate the accreditation of Russian journalists with the authorities.
Journalist Ruslan Kotsaba was arrested and accused of high treason for calling for a boycott of mobilization in Western Ukraine.
The SBU arrests and initiates criminal cases for distributing newspapers and leaflets in support of the proclaimed DPR and LPR.
TV channels receive warnings from the National Council, threatening to revoke their licenses, for broadcasting speeches by guests from Russia criticizing the policies of the Ukrainian authorities.
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