Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech to form request to SSU to spy on Bihus.Info journalists - Yurchyshyn. VIDEO
The Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech will formulate a request to the Security Service of Ukraine on the fact of surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists.
This was stated by the chairman of the committee, Censor.NET reports with reference to Radio Liberty.
"This is definitely obstruction, it is definitely pressure, it is definitely illegal. But whoever committed them must be held accountable by law enforcement agencies. Otherwise, the suspicions that are already being voiced from all sides that it was law enforcement agencies in the interests of someone in power will be actually confirmed. The silence of the Security Service of Ukraine, without whose permission such recordings could not have been made, the National Police, and the Prosecutor General's Office, rather plays against them," he explained.
The Council's Committee on Freedom of Speech will convene a meeting on the system of violations of journalists' professional rights, which has been manifested by a number of recent events: the attack on Tkach, obstruction of a journalist's work in Mykolaiv and provocation against investigator Nikolov.
The day before, a video was posted online showing Bihus.Info employees allegedly taking drugs at a New Year's corporate party. The founder of the project, Denys Bihus, noted that the video showed part of the team, namely the cameramen. According to him, the journalists did not use drugs.
"The team is aware of the gravity of the situation. Of course, the wiretapping and surveillance were illegal, and the goals of those who recorded are clear. However, this is no excuse for what we saw on the video - namely, the use of illegal substances by several of our colleagues," the team said.
Later, Bigus said that the Bihus.Info team members had been under surveillance for about a year. And the New Year's corporate party was part of an operation by the security forces.
