Kharkiv Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

British photojournalist Frederick Paxton is roughed up while reporting in the town of Horlivka. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Anti-press attacks rise as tensions escalate in Ukraine

April 14, 2014 5:10 PM EDT

New York, April 14, 2014–Local and international journalists covering the volatile situation in eastern Ukraine have been harassed, attacked, detained, and had their equipment seized, according to news reports and regional press freedom groups.

Outlets raided, journalists harassed in eastern Ukraine

April 8, 2014 3:11 PM EDT

New York, April 8, 2014–At least three news outlets and two journalists have been attacked and harassed in the past three days in eastern Ukraine, according to news reports and press freedom groups.