Working meeting with the head of the regional hub “Mediabase Chernihiv”

We held another working meeting on the protection of media rights. This time we met with the head of the regional hub of the Institute of Mass Information “Mediabase Chernihiv” Pavlo Pushchenko. We presented a joint project with the All-Ukrainian Coalition for Legal Aid entitled “Legal Community and Local Media: Partnership to Protect Freedom of Speech”.

In the current security situation, cooperation with human rights defenders is becoming critically important. Journalists and public activists must have access to legal aid to ensure timely and effective communication in conditions of risk. This contributes to the preservation of freedom of speech and helps to avoid legal problems associated with their activities.

Key issues that may require legal support:

– legal organization of professional activities of journalists, media and bloggers,

– issues of illegal pressure, restrictions by law enforcement agencies,

– work with personal data,

– liability for content published on blogs, social networks or on YouTube,

– obstruction of journalistic activities,

– maintaining the confidentiality of sources of information,

– compliance with legislation on fake news, hate speech and calls for violence,

– rules for labeling advertising content, in particular on a blog or on YouTube,

– registration of media outlets,

– other aspects of daily work.

We remind you that there is a possibility of contacting the hotline and online consultations:

Call the “hotline”

0800 30 15 17

* (works every working day from 10:00 to 17:00).

Mail: help@ucla.org.ua.

You can also get a consultation on this page and on the official page of the Coalition on Facebook: Ukrainian Coalition for Legal Aid

In Chernihiv, you can get free legal aid by appointment at:

NGO “Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights”, Chernihiv, st. Honcha, 57.

Email: protection.ua@gmail.com

Telephone for consultations: +380 (63) 140 63 47

Protect your rights and expand your opportunities with us!

The activity is carried out within the framework of the project “The Bar and local media: building synergy for the Freedom of Speech,” which is implemented by the All-Ukrainian Coalition for Legal Aid with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

*calls within Ukraine are free from landlines and mobile phones of any operators