The responsibility for committing criminal offenses against journalists has been strengthened

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
04 November 2020, 15:05

The draft Law No. 3633 “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine on Strengthening Liability for Committing Criminal Offenses against Journalists” was adopted as a basis.

The bill criminalizes seven to fourteen years for threatening to kill, rape, destroy or damage the property of a journalist, his or her close relatives or family members, intentional infliction of light, medium or severe injuries in connection with a journalist's legitimate professional activity, committed repeatedly or by prior conspiracy by a group of persons or an organized group.