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Lift ban on socialist newspaper immediately, leading trade unionist warns Ukraine
UKRAINE needs to lift its ban on socialist newspaper Rabochaya Gazeta (Workers Newspaper) immediately, a leading international trade unionist says.
International Federation of Journalists deputy general secretary Jeremy Dear told the Morning Star today that the ban, confirmed by the Kiev District Administrative Court on Sunday, was “another sign of the growing intolerance towards alternative opinions in Ukraine.
“The ban should be immediately lifted and rights to freedom of expression must be respected,” he said.
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