Freedom of the Press in Ukraine
Feb 3 2011
WHEN:
Feb 3, 2011 at 2:00pm
WHERE:
Zenger Room
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A group of Ukrainian legislators, journalists and NGO representatives, will discuss, THE RISE OF POLITICAL PROSECUTION AND ONGOING THREATS TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN UKRAINE
Speakers: Andriy Shevchenko, Member of Ukraine Parliament (Block of Yulia Tymoshenko), Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information; and Pres., Center for Public Media, an NGO promoting public broadcasting in Ukraine; Oleh Rybachuk, Chairman of the Board of the NGO Suspilnist Foundation; and Chairman of the Board and co-founder of the NGO Centre UA, where he initiatied the New Citizen Campaign; Alyona Getmanchuk, Director, Institute of World Policy; and writer for Mirror Weekly newspaper.
Others who will be present and available to answer questions, are:
Oles Doniy
Volodmyr Ariev
Yuriy Stets
Vitaly Portnikov
Serhii Rakhmanin
Kateryna Levchenko
Mykola Kniazhytsky
Svitlana Zalishhuk
Contacts:
National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN
301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 202/662-7540 (NPC), 301/367-7711 (CELL), [email protected]
Speakers: NADIA MCCONNELL, OKSANA YAKOVENKO US-Ukraine Foundation)
202/223-2228 (TEL), 202/223-1224 (FAX), [email protected], [email protected]