journalist we discuss the case with the organizations deputy director for europe and central asia rachel demba. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and the detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that an extremely sure serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they better continue to come forward with what it is that's causing the grounds for this charge because working for ria novosti or having a russian passport are not grounds for a treason charge we and other organizations have been expressing i think more frequently concerns about media freedoms in ukraine and judge him based on the fact that their world website down of last year and journalists who were either banned or were expelled because of the abuse that they project a couple criminal cases that are ongoing on you for example against what

release we discuss this with rachel demba she's deputy director of the europe and central asia division of human rights watch and she says that complaints over media freedoms in ukraine are on the rise. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's a there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that's an extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they get a cut they need to come forward with what it is that causing the grounds for this charge because working for you know working for ria novosti or having a russian passport or not grounds for her treason charge we and other organizations have have been expressing i think more frequently concerned about media freedoms in ukraine. you can watch the weekly here in our national thanks be company to soft noon wear out back again with t

ukrainian government of an attack on media freedom and also demanding release we discuss this with rachel demba she's the deputy director at the europe and central asia division of human rights watch and she says that complaints over media freedoms in the ukraine are on the rise. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and the detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's a there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that an extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they better continue to come forward with what it is that causing the grounds for this charge because working for you know working for you know the state or having a russian passport or not grounds for treason charge we and other organizations have have been expressing i think more frequently concerns about media freedoms in ukraine. you can watch the weekly here in

journalist and we discuss the case with the organizations deputy director for europe and central asia rachel demba. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms. case there's a there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that's an extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they better continue to come forward with what it is that causing the grounds for this charge because working for you know working sure you know the state or having a russian passport and not grounds for treason charge. but we and other organizations have have been in. expressing i think more frequently concerned about media freedoms in ukraine i mean judge him based on the fact that their world website down last year and journalists who were who were either banned or were expelled because of the views that they project a couple cri